In the second century, it was St. Ignatius who put Sacred Scriptue and Tradition to work in the battle against heresies directed at the early Church. He challenged his opponents in writing (Against All Heresies c. 180 A.D). Today of course a key battleground is the internet. Our Catholic Faith has a warrior facing down the modern day heresies of our time. Listen to Fr. Robert Barron as he addresses his opponents and refutes what he calls the Youtube Heresies.
Father Robert Barron is an acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian. He is the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago and also is the founder of Word On Fire (www.WordOnFire.org). He is the creator and host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking ten-part documentary series and study program about the Catholic Faith (Fall, 2011). He is a passionate student of art, architecture, music and history, which he calls upon throughout is global travels in the making of the documentary.
Word On Fire programs are broadcast regularly on WGN America, Relevant Radio, EWTN, the popular Word on Fire YouTube Channel, and the Word on Fire website, which offers daily blogs, articles, commentaries, and over ten years of weekly sermon podcasts. Father Barron is the first priest to have a national show on a secular television network since the 1950s.
With over 180 online video commentaries by Fr. Barron, over 1 million viewers worldwide have made him the most popular of any evangelist on YouTube. These frequent, high-quality productions include brief and lively theological reviews of contemporary culture, including movies such as No Country for Old Men, Apocalypto, and The Departed, a three-part critical review of Christopher Hitchen's book God is Not Great, The Discovery Channel's The Jesus Tomb, the HBO series "The Sopranos", "Rome" and more. Enjoy Fr. Barron's Youtube moments by clicking the links below.
Against the Youtube Heresies Part I: Novemember 10, 2008 (9 min)
Against the Youtube Heresies Part II: December 18, 2008 (9 min)
