Episodios

  • #227 The Best Arguments Against Purgatory (and why they’re wrong)

    #227 The Best Arguments Against Purgatory (and why they’re wrong)
    Nov 25 2025
    Joe examines NT Wright’s robust argument against Purgatory, and why it’s incorrect. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Poperyu. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I wanted to look at some of the strongest arguments against the Catholic doctrine of purgatory, and I want to give a particular attention to the objections raised by the well-regarded Anglican theologian int Wright. Now, some of his objections are ones that are going to be familiar to anybody who’s debated purgatory, but others are ones that I hadn’t really heard before and I think Wright actually makes a re...
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  • #226 Why The Book of Mormon is America’s Quran

    #226 Why The Book of Mormon is America’s Quran
    Nov 20 2025
    Joe examines a common argument that LDS and Muslims share over their respect holy books, the Book of Mormon and the Quran. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to address a popular argument I’ve heard both Muslim and Mormon apologists make for why we should believe the Book of Mormon or the Quran is inspired scripture. And the argument goes something like this, don’t the founders Joseph Smith and Muhammad were not smart enough, educated enough, brilliant enough to have come up with these incredible works on their own. You loo...
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  • #225 Will Rome Fall to Modernism? (Orthodox Response)

    #225 Will Rome Fall to Modernism? (Orthodox Response)
    Nov 18 2025
    Today, Joe examines the claim that the Catholic Church has changed positions to fit with the times, while Eastern Orthodoxy has remained the same since Christ founded the Church. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to respond to a specific criticism. I’ve heard from some orthodox against Catholicism that Catholicism is guilty of changing and developing unlike unchanging orthodoxy. And the argument goes, the Catholic church is out here changing the mass and changing her moral teachings to look more like current times unlike orthodoxy, whi...
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  • #224 Ranking the Best And Worst Catholic Dioceses in America

    #224 Ranking the Best And Worst Catholic Dioceses in America
    Nov 13 2025
    Joe unpacks a new article that evaluated the “spiritual fruitfulness” of all the dioceses in the US. The results will surprise you! Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to take a deep dive in the numbers to see where we find America’s most fruitful diocese, where we find America’s least fruitful diocese and why? Now, if you know me, you might’ve noticed by now on Thursdays, I like to do a longer episode, and I often like to do a little bit of a deep dive. Sometimes it’s on the Bible or theology or philosophy ...
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  • #223 Does Luke 2 DISPROVE Mary’s Sinlessness?

    #223 Does Luke 2 DISPROVE Mary’s Sinlessness?
    Nov 11 2025
    Joe dissects the argument that the Presentation at the Temple in Luke 2 is proof that Mary sinned, because she had to make a “sin offering.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I wanted to respond to an argument. I sometimes see Protestants raise against the Sinlessness of Mary. The argument is very simple. If Mary was sinless, then why does Luke 2 22 to 24 show her offering the required sin purification sacrifice commanded in Leviticus 12 for women after childbirth? And sure enough, Luke two describes Mary offering a sacrifice in the te...
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  • #222 Did The Vatican Just REVERSE Its View On Mary?

    #222 Did The Vatican Just REVERSE Its View On Mary?
    Nov 6 2025
    Joe reviews the Vatican’s latest document on Mary, “Mater Populi Fidelis.” Some Catholics are concerned that age-old titles of the Blessed Virgin (Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix) are being banned. Is that actually the case? Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to explore some controversial Marian titles and the Vatican’s recent intervention into whether we should use these kind of terms or not. And the two in particular I want to focus on are the terms whether we should call Mary Co-Redemptrix and whether we should call her Me...
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  • #221 Gavin, “Quote-Mining,” and The Didache… - Joe Heschmeyer

    #221 Gavin, “Quote-Mining,” and The Didache… - Joe Heschmeyer
    Nov 4 2025
    Joe replies to Gavin’s video examining his position on the Didache and it’s scholarship, as it applies to the Papacy. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I have to apologize in advance. I’m losing my voice a little bit, so this may be a little raspier than usual, but I wanted to reply to Dr. G Orland’s recent video about bishops in the early church and a controversy over the meaning of the did decay. So does the earliest Christian evidence disprove Catholicism on the papacy or does it actually disprove the belief many Protesta...
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  • #220 5 Hilarious Ironies of Reformation Day - Joe Heschmeyer

    #220 5 Hilarious Ironies of Reformation Day - Joe Heschmeyer
    Oct 30 2025
    Joe highlights a few ironic things that some Protestants do when they celebrate Reformation Day. Transcript: Joe: What’s actually happening in the Reformation is no less dark. It’s still celebrating sin only. Now it’s the sin of schism. It’s less spooky maybe, but it’s not less sinful. Thesis number 25 says that the power which the Pope has in general over purgatory corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese. And per, I don’t know of a lot of Protestants who would agree with that. If you’re imagining ...
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