Episodios

  • #242 Do St. Paul’s Words DISPROVE the Catholic Eucharist?

    #242 Do St. Paul’s Words DISPROVE the Catholic Eucharist?
    Jan 20 2026
    Joe counters the common Protestant objection to the Catholic Eucharist, citing that Paul calls the Eucharist “bread,” so the meal must only be bread. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And while Catholics and Orthodox believe that the bread and wine in the Eucharist become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, many Protestants argue that the Lord’s supper is symbolic and the bread and wine remain bread and wine. And for many Protestants in this second camp, they’re going to point to the words of St. Paul in ...
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  • #241 Proving The Catholic Priesthood Is Biblical (Response to Needgod.net)

    #241 Proving The Catholic Priesthood Is Biblical (Response to Needgod.net)
    Jan 15 2026
    Needgod.net released a video listing 10 reasons not to convert to Catholicism. Joe focuses in on #6, The Catholic Priesthood, and shows that it is indeed the biblical priesthood instituted by Christ. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and many Protestants believe that the Catholic priesthood is unbiblical, that it’s not something that is authentic to Christianity. And this was recently raised by Ryan of needgod.net as one of his 10 reasons not to convert to the Catholic Church. Now, I might at another point in time address the other nine reasons, ...
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  • #240 If Jesus Is Sinless, Why Was He Baptized?

    #240 If Jesus Is Sinless, Why Was He Baptized?
    Jan 13 2026
    Why was Jesus baptized? Seems contradictory, given what Christians are taught about baptism. But Joe explains why all baptisms would be meaningless WIHTOUT Jesus first being baptized. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And if Jesus is sinless, why does he get baptized by John the Baptist and the Jordan? After all, John was out there preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins and Jesus had no sins for which he needed to repent. So on the surface, it’s baffling. Even John the Baptist is shocked to see Jesus coming forward to be b...
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  • #239 The Only Argument For Catholicism You’ll Ever Need

    #239 The Only Argument For Catholicism You’ll Ever Need
    Jan 6 2026
    After Joe’s debate with LDS apologist Jacob Hansen, there’s been a lot of chatter on the topic of the Great Apostasy. Joe breaks down why this can’t be true from both an LDS and a Protestant perspective. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And since my recent debate with LDS apologist Jacob Hansen, there’s been a lot of great conversation on this idea of whether the church built by Jesus Christ fell into an apostasy. But today I don’t want to talk about the global church. I want to get very particular. Did the church in Rom...
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  • #238 THIS is Why Mary Knew Jesus Would Rise From The Dead

    #238 THIS is Why Mary Knew Jesus Would Rise From The Dead
    Jan 2 2026
    Joe shows how the Finding of Jesus In The Temple prefigures the Resurrection, and what this means for the faithful. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. Happy New Year. I want to talk about the finding in the template. It’s a strange event in the Bible that many of us just heard about this past Sunday. Specifically, I want to ask, how and why did Joseph and Mary lose Jesus in the temple in the first place? I’ve actually seen people argue that this event proves that Mary must have had other kids. As one Twitter user put it, if Mary only had on...
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  • #237 Why Christmas Was Unnecessary (sorta)

    #237 Why Christmas Was Unnecessary (sorta)
    Dec 30 2025
    Joe examines Thomas Aquinas’ Christmas reflection, and why Christmas and the Nativity weren’t actually necessary. Transcript: Joe: Merry Christmas and welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And today I want to talk about a Christmas sort of isn’t necessary because the incarnation sort of wasn’t necessary. Now that might sound heretical, might sound insane for a Christian to say, but I think it’s actually an important thing for us to get right. And for support, I would point to the arguments made by people like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aqui...
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  • #236 Does the Great Apostasy Disprove Mormonism?

    #236 Does the Great Apostasy Disprove Mormonism?
    Dec 23 2025
    Joe gives his opening statement from his debate with LDS apologist Jacob Hansen on The Great Apostacy. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, and Mormons all agree that Jesus Christ founded a church. After all, he tells us that he’s founding a church. But most of us also agree that people can fall away from the faith. This falling away in Greek is apostasia, which is where we get words like apostate and apostasy. But Mormons and many Protestants believe that not only can individuals fall away from the church, but tha...
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  • #235 “O Come, Emmanuel” and Anti-Intellectual Christianity

    #235 “O Come, Emmanuel” and Anti-Intellectual Christianity
    Dec 18 2025
    Joe reviews a reflection by Pope Benedict XVI on “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” on how wisdom and knowledge help us encounter Jesus Christ. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and as we end the advent season, it’s crazy to say that already and approach the Christmas season. I wanted to share a pair of beautiful reflections from Pope Benedict the 16th, and the launching point is this line. He has, what is this wisdom born in Bethlehem and he’s going to explore this theme. If that doesn’t make any sense to you, that’s okay r...
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