If you don’t mind me asking, regarding the Trinity, how does the Holy Spirit relate to Jesus in the East? A Catholic understanding that I hear from Bishop Barron is that God is love, so we have the three persons: the Father is the Lover, the Son is the Beloved, and the Holy Spirit is the love between them. So the Father eternally begets the Son, the Son is begotten by the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father (and the Son). So I’m wondering, currently my limited understanding of Eastern theology is that, because the Holy Spirit’s relation to the Son is “ambiguous” without the filioque, the Trinity seems less like a triangle and more like a ^. Could you clarify?
@@killianmiller6107 Good question. I'm just a layperson, not a clergyman or a theologian, but I'll try my best. As far as I understand, the emphasis in the East is on the "monarchy of the Father." He is the source of the Son and the Holy Spirit, since the Son is begotten from Him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from Him. We focus not so much on the love relationships among the members of the Trinity as on how the Father expresses His love for us by giving us aid through the Son and the Holy Spirit. I've heard it said that the Son and Holy Spirit are the two arms that the Father uses to embrace us.
@@protoeurothe part that always confused me is what exactly the East believes in regards to the relationship between the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit doesn’t proceed from the Son, does that mean the Son doesn’t have one? Does He spirate nothing, breathe nothing out, but the Father does? On the other hand, if the Father’s Breathe is the Son’s Breathe, then how does the Holy Spirit not also proceed (or flow) or spirate from the Son? It’s odd to say the Holy Spirit originates from the Father, and also belongs to the Lord Jesus, but somehow the Holy Spirit does not proceed or flow through the Son. If it does flow through the Son, then it’s also apt to say the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son, too. From the Father, through the Son. Perhaps the words “proceeds from” is interpreted as “originates from,” but that doesn’t match what the West believes in regards to the filioque, unless I’m mistaken.
As a Protestant, I was impressed by the how ecumenical and balanced your explanation was-rightly so, since the Creed which we together confess was crafted when all the Church were in unified communion.
Is that all Orthodox Christians can talk about is the creed ? Jesus taught us to love our neighbors, go out and be true Christians , help the poor , the homeless, the drug addicts, the alcoholics, those who are struggling, stop going on about the creed , Jesus is alive in every human
@@davidGPS95 Well, the Council of Nicea was in the 4th century. Because of antiquity and word getting from Rome to other areas in the east such as asia minor etc., this took a long time going from point A to B, and the Church started having various sects and started regarding themselves as “orthodox”. They were still of the Church and had valid sacraments, but began taking on “synods” of their own and sorta doing their own thingy (if that makes sense) APART from Rome. Eventually they did not believe in the primacy of Peter having full authority (given BY God) with “the Keys”; and the orthodox do not believe that the Holy Spirit “proceeds from the Father and the Son” which was clearly stated BY The Church in the 4th century’s Nicene Creed. It is really those two very real and distinct tenets of The Church that which the orthodox disagree. The great “Schism” between the Orthodox and “the Church” came about in 1054 AD. The orthodox still retain the sacraments given by God and the orthodox never fully “divorced” themselves from The Church like protestants did in the 16th century and even onwards to this day. Protestants do not understand that the one, holy, Catholic, apostolic CHURCH is the “authority” on earth actually GIVEN and decreed by God to be this “authority” on earth on ALL matters of the Christian faith and dogma. The written NT even comes directly FROM this very Church. It is Christ’s mystical body on earth. After the Council of Carthage in 397 AD the books that would make up what we know as “The Bible” - the books were finalized. It was bishops of The Church who, after years of prayer to the Holy Spirit, would compile the collection of books known as “The Bible” and it was finalized at the Council of Carthage in 397 AD. Approximately 20 years later, Bishop Pope Boniface I (the 1st) canonized “the Bible”.
Another recent convert here. I was baptised during Easter vigil, after completing my RCIA course. Father Casey is a big reason I decided to do the course and get baptised. He has helped me become better catechised as I continue my journey to become closer to our Lord. So, I love videos like this. My faith has been my rock as I go through tough chemo for an aggressive cancer. Father Casey continues to help without even knowing. If you’re reading this Father, thank you.
What a blessing Helena. I too got my sacraments during the Easter Vigil. And Father Casey was also very important in my conversion process. Blessing your way, sister!
Thanks for all of your vidoes Father Casey they have really helped. I am in RCIA and its really helping my conversion. I am already a baptized christian Father said i'll be getting confirmed end of November or Early December
I'm a complete stranger but your sister too, so congratulations!!! I hope to be not far behind you, returned to the Church after 35 years of being away, still not yet confirmed myself. Yes, Father Casey has been insturmental in helping to see me safely home!🍩☕
Well explained Fr. Casey, God Almighty endowed you with the abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit.Your new subscriber here,I received this link from a protestant adolescent boy who planed to be convert in Catholic (under process). May Our Lady of co- redemptrix intercede for us.Amen
"44 No one can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." (Jesus in John 6v44) I´m very grateful, that our LORD showed you His truth and I´m praising YOU that you did this decision, to get baptized. Because it is ALWAYS a decision of everyone alone, so YOU can be very proud on yourself! => "36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." (Acts 8:36-38). BUT forgive me ONE question: What is a RCIA? ❤❤❤✝❤❤❤
I pray the creed every night after I finally memorized it to heart in recent years. The way it summarizes the basics of our faith, the nature of the Trinity and the future of salvation is quite beautiful the more you look at Church history and think about it.
As an Orthodox Christian, all of your content that has mentioned us and any of our conflicts with the Catholics have been a great and fair explanation of our side without being condescending or even saying that we are wrong about them. Fantastic job, as it makes me and I'm sure many others have no issue watching your videos feeling that they will be biased
"Church leaders have always shown that you can be really good at theology and terrible at politics." This sums up my struggle with the church today AND my reason not to leave the church at the same time. Thank you for articulating it.
Since discovering this channel, my faith deepened as it helps me to understand the beauty of the Catholic faith as well as assist me as a Cathecist in my parish. I'm proud to be a Roman Catholic.
As a Lutheran (LCMS) I found helpful. Especially where you explained that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father through the Son. That helped a lot. Thanks.
Father Casey, I really appreciate this sentence by sentence break down of the Nicene Creed. Far too often as Catholics, we get too accustomed to saying these words every Sunday, that it becomes a perfunctory exercise. It just seems like a routine, bereft of any meaning. We do not ruminate on the significance of the language, and the implications it has on our faith. We just robotically repeat these words, as if we were human tape recorders, with no attachment to what we are saying. Its good to have videos like this to illustrate how profound the Creed is. Thank you.
@@deandrecrosby1157 When rituals are seen as an end, in and of themselves, it can be problematic. Such a fixation on practices, gestures and scripts can detract from the faith. I wholeheartedly agree. However, rituals, when properly contextualized, can cultivate a feeling of community and love with our fellow Christians. It is all a matter of perspective. Shared rituals and creeds give us a sense of commonality. There is always time for individual communication with God. There is always time to make our prayer life far more personal and intimate. Rituals, when seen as a galvanizing force and not as the end goal, does not detract from our personal relationship with God.
Perfect timing on this video. I'm currently writing my doctoral thesis and I'm working on heresies and reading up on Arianism when I saw this video pop up.
Just came across your channel, thank you and God Bless. I will add you to my long list of my favorite catholic priests whom I follow. Very informative, short sweet and straight to the point. I will subscribe, pray for you Father
Thank you so much Father for the work you do. It is such a great feeling knowing that every time i watch your videos my knowledge of the Faith increases.
I don't know if this is a general practice but, from some time on, in my parish the priests, and all of us as well, recite in mass the apostles creed during lent, holy week and passover.
Lutherans (LCMS) have both creeds in the Divine Service. My church alternates between the two, so if we said Nicene this week we'll say Apostles' next week.
@@angiebee2225 I think the problem in practice is that Protestants don’t actually believe the Creeds. What do you think the “communion of saints” means? Means those who are in heaven that intercede on our behalf to Jesus. Protestants don’t pray to Saints and some don’t even acknowledge there are Saints in heaven who are aware of what’s going on in the material world Do Protestants believe that Jesus descended to Hell when he died, freed the righteous and opened the gates of heaven for them? I know some definitely don’t hold to that. I questioned a family member on that who was perturbed that I said Jesus descended to hell after he was crucified. I asked him to re read the Apostles Creed and question whether he actually believed what ancient Christian’s believed
Many years ago, I taught CCD to 7th graders, who didn't want to be there. Since they really didn't know or understand our Catholic prayers, we spent much of the year pulling apart each prayer in the hope of better understanding. Not sure how much the CCD kids got out of this, but I certainly had a much better understanding.
As someone who is a newcomer to the Episcopal Church, thank you for this explanation. I do find it interesting that even though the Episcopal Church is Protestant/Anglican, they use the exact same Nicene Creed as the Catholic Church, including the line " I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church".
Most mainline Protestant denominations still hold to the Nicene Creed. The dogmatic differences come from interpretations of the words (most of such Protestant denominations hold a view of a universal church that spans across denominational lines, for example, which is not in line with what the CCC teaches when the phrase "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" is used), but we are starting from the same words regardless.
@@toadofsteel No. Protestant churches use the word “catholic” because it simply means united. All believers are united in Christ through the Spirit, not through denominational religious doctrine.
Fr. Casey…great presentation and breakdown of the Creed of our faith. Especially when you said…if you question what these things mean and why, go read Aquinas….we gotta move on😊. Aquinas exploration of the nature of man and God and nature and supernatural and preternatural….are masterful.
This one I will need to rewatch, as it is full of new info for me! Most of all the way Father Casey explained the never ending foundation of our church, with improvemnets along the way. It reminded me our church is a type of house, so renovations, patches, new tech, will give the same home just kept up. . God Bless y'all especially you, Father Casey, please please please do keep te lessons coming!
*Lex Orandi Lex Credendi Lex Vivendi* "the law of what is prayed [is] what is believed [is] the law of what is lived" Pray Daily! 🙏🏼 Believe and Live the Faith! Ave Maria!
I'm going through LCMS adult confirmation and we're currently going through the Apostles' Creed right now. It's been really fantastic. I came from a Baptist background and while we were taught our Bibles, I wish we had something like the small catechism when I was younger. I went to a Christian college and minored in Biblical studies, so I know a lot of stuff about theology, but there's something to be said for clearly laying out the basics.
That explanation wrapped the creed up very well, it's good to know why it was necessary to begin with and also for those who might wonder why it exists and continues to play such a great part in services across the world still.
Great explanation Father,there is no doubt that your vocation as a priest is to enlighten everyone, but especially cradle Catholics who do not have the understanding of our beautiful religion that we should!
so to the point. love youre explinations on Catholicism, take my faith seriously, ask God for faith/wisdom to live my faith more fully, thank you, keep up the teaching segments, as a former pastor would refer to them after mass, before blessing, as a 4 minute catechesis
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Amazing way to explain these deep truths!!! Thank you so much.
This was an excellent concise synopsis of a vital church prayer. I prefer video such teaching videos. I'm sure many are edified by this. Thank you Father.
eastern catholic here, we do not say the filioque, but I agree with your explanation. I also think the church can chose to add specifics to prayers an liturgy to improve the welfare of the faithful or combat specific heresies. We have a prayer before communion said publicly that I think the latin church should look at
@Highview Barbell Despite the first Vatican council making it clear that Greek speaking catholics and eastern churches have a choice there was a history of forcing it at the local level, especially in America. The second Vatican council not only said that it should be dropped but encouraged dropping the filioque from those traditions (eastern churches) that did not have it. You can go to some eastern churches and the priests and cantor do not say the filioque but some from the congregation say it. I imagine that there are some priests that may also but I would suspect they are biritual latin catholic priests and don't mean to but do so out of habit. For the dogma side, the belief of the catholic and orthodox have been united on this since before the schism. as mentioned in the video there is pre schisim usage of it within latin speaking communities. Some bishops added it in and eventually it became standard in the latin church. but eastern churches largly did not accept this until the 1800's this is where latinization started occurring and we saw many pressures against our traditions especially in the US. In the early 1900s this got particularly tense with bishop John Ireland being, frankly, un Christian to his catholic brothers. This resulted in what I call the great American schism. (although the methodists are making a run at that claim.) Eastern churches by in large joined the orthodox churches. In my community we can count numerous parishes that have their origin in one catholic parish. The catechism of the catholic church has a good explanation of this(the filioque), I would recommend reading the surrounding sections. "At the outset the Eastern tradition expresses the Father's character as first origin of the Spirit. By confessing the Spirit as he "who proceeds from the Father", it affirms that he comes from the Father through the Son. The Western tradition expresses first the consubstantial communion between Father and Son, by saying that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (filioque). It says this, "legitimately and with good reason", for the eternal order of the divine persons in their consubstantial communion implies that the Father, as "the principle without principle", is the first origin of the Spirit, but also that as Father of the only Son, he is, with the Son, the single principle from which the Holy Spirit proceeds. This legitimate complementarity, provided it does not become rigid, does not affect the identity of faith in the reality of the same mystery confessed." CCC 248
Thats odd, I came back to add more and I didn't see the original response. Posting from email for clarity. "OCA here, woah they didn't make you guys add the filioque to be in communion with them? Interesting, so they don't consider it core dogma even now?"
Awesome!! But you ran through your presentation rather than walk. I had to stop and restart it just to get a fuller understanding. God bless and keep them coming.
Hi Father Casey. This video could not have come at a better time. I, and someone dear to me recently returned to church and renewed our respective faith. We have a difference in opinion regarding the trinity and are struggling with it. To be honest, it's still difficult for me to understand even after watching the video, but I'll keep studying. Thank you for all that you do!
Glad you're returning to church!!! What might help your view of the Trinity is the athanasian creed. It's one of the three fundamental creeds (apostles and Nicene is the other), and was written almost entirely to clarify exactly what the Trinity is
Thank you Father for this video. I start my Adult Intake course in September and this will truly help. Looking foward to completing my rites with the church. God bless, love your videos. They have help me in my decision to return to the Catholic church.
What a fantastic video. I feel like I post negative comments about a lot of these videos (and I feel bad about that), but this was great. This is why I stay subscribed.
Thank you Father Casey for this excellent explanation of the NIcene Creed. I understand it much better now.We pray the Apostle's Creed during our mass but the Nicene Creed is the first one that I learned in primary school.
The best description I have ever heard for the Apostles and Nicene Creeds is "All Christians likely believe more than just what is specifically said in these creeds, but no True Christian can believe *less* ."
I'd say that's more true about the Apostles' Creed. Some protestants take umbrage at the idea of baptism for remission of sin as meaning a works based salvation even if they still believe that all Christians should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Wow. I was only taught as a kid to memorize it, we spent so little time on what it actually meant. The consubstancial thing, that God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit are on a different sort of matter entirely, is amazing to me. Appreciate you slowing it down for this recently returned believer 😅
Thank you for this excellent distillation of our Creed. I keep trying to explain sections of our creed to friends and it has been difficult. I have one suggestion. Please try to use a gentle non-distracting transition between your individual clips. A simple dissolve would usher the viewer from text to narrator instead of jerky slides back and forth. A good rule is that an appropriate transition should smooth out your clips and be barely noticeable. Just a thought, keep up the great work!
Really good explanation of the Creed. Also exactly why I don't follow it because Christ said that that isn't so. After his crucifixion and Ascension, he then went up to be with the father, but not to be the father. The perfect example is elucidated by the Occurrence at his baptism where God the Father speaks from the heavens, and the Holy Spirit, separate from both of them appears and is likened unto a dove three separate beings to accomplish one single task.
Hi father I'm not religious, however I'm curious and I enjoy learning about religion You mentioned something that i've never realized, which is that with the ascencion of the body of Christ there now is in God and Heaven something new, which is humanity in the form of Jesus' body. I've never heard it this way This is a very powerful idea and I would like to know more about it, so I would like to ask if you can make a video thar elaborates on that or tell me where I can learn more about it (if possible somewhere with a more friendly and less academic language) Anyway, thank you for the video (this one really got me thinking) and sorry for the english, I tried my best but it's not my first language soo it might seam a bitt odd
Although not scriptural or doctrinal to the Catholic Church, you may be interested in learning about the Shroud of Turin. Just type shroud of Turin in your UA-cam search. The shroud has been venerated by Catholics for centuries as the burial clothes of Jesus Christ. You may have heard of it.
Regarding the consubstantial part, the Spanish version of the Creed says "of the same nature as the Father", which I feel is clearer, since it doesn't use a word a regular Joe may not understand.
Great presentation father. As a side note I'm reminded of all those Dan Brown conspiracies who claim that the Creed was the ''creation'' of Christian dogma rather than the reality that it was a clarification and correction away from heresies.
Señor, Dios nuestro, Bendito y alabado seas, Te bendigo y te doy Gracias, Por que obras por medio de tus Sacerdotes, para que conozca de ti. Dame el don de entender tu Palabra y aceptarla con humildad y obediencia como María. Te lo suplico en el nombre de tu hijo Jesucristo. Amén Bendiciones Padre!
I always love the Credo Nicaea - Constantinople... It is a beautiful statement of faith.. And even though I have heard similar things over and over.. Never bored of it...
Fr. Casey, I heard about the debate between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church on which is the true church. As a fellow Catholic, I was wondering if you could do a video on this.
I claim no religion, nor will I ever,but I do believe in only 1 creator who has no name that has been given to humans yet. I looked this up because it interested me,and he did a very nice job explaining it. Thank you
this brings me back to when i was in the boy scouts, and we had a project on exploring religion. as a cradle catholic, i thought the nicene creed was a good choice to explain the faith to a non-christian. this was before the new translation, and i am grateful that i had a knowledgeable catechism teacher with a good command of english who had taught me well several years prior. thank God i didn't need to explain "consubstantial" to my scoutmaster! XD
@@carolynkimberly4021 It's hard to understand the philosohical concept of "essence" or "substance". And you can't undestand that if 1) you don't already believe or confusely "feel" that there's more to reality than what we can see and touch; 2) you don't know that, according to Aristotle's (and others) philosophy, the "substance" is the eternal principle that shapes the matter into a form and determines that something is what it is. So, if the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three different forms, how can they possibily have the same substance? Only if they are the same thing, and vice-versa. So the three "forms" (that according to Aristotle would have been different substances) became "persons" in theology, i.e. "masks" (from Latin "persona", and "pròsopon" in Greek), something that is "manifested externally" differently but can have the same "subsance". As you see, not a so immediate concept.
Fun bonus creed trivia. When reciting the creed, Catholics will usually bow their heads in reverence for precisely one line. Which one? "and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man." That is the truly amazing thing to proclaim... that God chose to take humanity into himself.
We actually genuflect at this proclamation of the Incarnation. In the NO, however, they don't. They don't even genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament. Sad.
@@carolynkimberly4021 We genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament, during the Consecration and Eucharistic Prayer. We cannot genuflect when making Communion just for a "logistic" problem, but it is expected we genuflect when we return to our post.
@@Laurelin70 "Genuflect" means to go down on one knee or on two if the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. It doesn't mean just kneeling. We should be kneeling from the Sanctus until Communion.
@@carolynkimberly4021 But between the Sanctus and the Communion there is the Pater Noster. And there the priest says: "With faith and *freedom* as sons of God". And sons don't kneel before the Father. In the "prodigal son" parable, the Father rises the kneeling son, restoring him into his role as son, before taking him to his feast.
As an Orthodox Christian, this seemed to me to be a very fair presentation of the Creed and its origins.
The East brought in Arianism
If you don’t mind me asking, regarding the Trinity, how does the Holy Spirit relate to Jesus in the East? A Catholic understanding that I hear from Bishop Barron is that God is love, so we have the three persons: the Father is the Lover, the Son is the Beloved, and the Holy Spirit is the love between them. So the Father eternally begets the Son, the Son is begotten by the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father (and the Son). So I’m wondering, currently my limited understanding of Eastern theology is that, because the Holy Spirit’s relation to the Son is “ambiguous” without the filioque, the Trinity seems less like a triangle and more like a ^. Could you clarify?
@@killianmiller6107 Good question. I'm just a layperson, not a clergyman or a theologian, but I'll try my best. As far as I understand, the emphasis in the East is on the "monarchy of the Father." He is the source of the Son and the Holy Spirit, since the Son is begotten from Him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from Him. We focus not so much on the love relationships among the members of the Trinity as on how the Father expresses His love for us by giving us aid through the Son and the Holy Spirit. I've heard it said that the Son and Holy Spirit are the two arms that the Father uses to embrace us.
@@protoeurothe part that always confused me is what exactly the East believes in regards to the relationship between the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit doesn’t proceed from the Son, does that mean the Son doesn’t have one? Does He spirate nothing, breathe nothing out, but the Father does? On the other hand, if the Father’s Breathe is the Son’s Breathe, then how does the Holy Spirit not also proceed (or flow) or spirate from the Son? It’s odd to say the Holy Spirit originates from the Father, and also belongs to the Lord Jesus, but somehow the Holy Spirit does not proceed or flow through the Son. If it does flow through the Son, then it’s also apt to say the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son, too. From the Father, through the Son. Perhaps the words “proceeds from” is interpreted as “originates from,” but that doesn’t match what the West believes in regards to the filioque, unless I’m mistaken.
@@dr.j5642thus, the schism. Proceeds from the father, who with the father and son is glorified.
As a Protestant, I was impressed by the how ecumenical and balanced your explanation was-rightly so, since the Creed which we together confess was crafted when all the Church were in unified communion.
Best explanation of the creed I've ever heard. Much appreciated Father.
Sweeeeeeeet - well researched, focused, well presented, educational, inspiring... ✅✅✅ Pax
Very nice father! I am 73 years old and this is the first time did someone ever went through it step-by-step and I really appreciate it. God bless.
You have only one Father who is in heaven. Matthew 23:9
The Bible clearly states people referring to others as fathers. They don’t mean it in the same sense as God but a leader in the church, obviously.
@@exodus3518 name one clear reference where someone is called a father to another outside of family. One.
You ARE NOT TO CALL MO MAN FATHER!!!😮
@@lewiscarey1593 Go away.
As another Orthodox Christian, I too found your presentation nicely balanced. Thank you Father.
Is that all Orthodox Christians can talk about is the creed ?
Jesus taught us to love our neighbors, go out and be true Christians , help the poor , the homeless, the drug addicts, the alcoholics, those who are struggling, stop going on about the creed , Jesus is alive in every human
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@@davidGPS95 Dude, the video is about the Creed and understanding the very nature of God is essential for everything else
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Well, the Council of Nicea was in the 4th century. Because of antiquity and word getting from Rome to other areas in the east such as asia minor etc., this took a long time going from point A to B, and the Church started having various sects and started regarding themselves as “orthodox”. They were still of the Church and had valid sacraments, but began taking on “synods” of their own and sorta doing their own thingy (if that makes sense) APART from Rome. Eventually they did not believe in the primacy of Peter having full authority (given BY God) with “the Keys”; and the orthodox do not believe that the Holy Spirit “proceeds from the Father and the Son” which was clearly stated BY The Church in the 4th century’s Nicene Creed. It is really those two very real and distinct tenets of The Church that which the orthodox disagree. The great “Schism” between the Orthodox and “the Church” came about in 1054 AD. The orthodox still retain the sacraments given by God and the orthodox never fully “divorced” themselves from The Church like protestants did in the 16th century and even onwards to this day. Protestants do not understand that the one, holy, Catholic, apostolic CHURCH is the “authority” on earth actually GIVEN and decreed by God to be this “authority” on earth on ALL matters of the Christian faith and dogma. The written NT even comes directly FROM this very Church. It is Christ’s mystical body on earth. After the Council of Carthage in 397 AD the books that would make up what we know as “The Bible” - the books were finalized. It was bishops of The Church who, after years of prayer to the Holy Spirit, would compile the collection of books known as “The Bible” and it was finalized at the Council of Carthage in 397 AD. Approximately 20 years later, Bishop Pope Boniface I (the 1st) canonized “the Bible”.
Another recent convert here. I was baptised during Easter vigil, after completing my RCIA course. Father Casey is a big reason I decided to do the course and get baptised. He has helped me become better catechised as I continue my journey to become closer to our Lord. So, I love videos like this. My faith has been my rock as I go through tough chemo for an aggressive cancer. Father Casey continues to help without even knowing. If you’re reading this Father, thank you.
What a blessing Helena. I too got my sacraments during the Easter Vigil. And Father Casey was also very important in my conversion process. Blessing your way, sister!
Praying for you 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thanks for all of your vidoes Father Casey they have really helped. I am in RCIA and its really helping my conversion. I am already a baptized christian Father said i'll be getting confirmed end of November or Early December
Awesome! I'm a recent convert and I love the Catholic church!
I'm a complete stranger but your sister too, so congratulations!!! I hope to be not far behind you, returned to the Church after 35 years of being away, still not yet confirmed myself. Yes, Father Casey has been insturmental in helping to see me safely home!🍩☕
Same…thank you for your clear teaching. I’m also dyslexic making me more of an auditory learner.
Well explained Fr. Casey, God Almighty endowed you with the abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit.Your new subscriber here,I received this link from a protestant adolescent boy who planed to be convert in Catholic (under process). May Our Lady of co- redemptrix intercede for us.Amen
"44 No one can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." (Jesus in John 6v44) I´m very grateful, that our LORD showed you His truth and I´m praising YOU that you did this decision, to get baptized. Because it is ALWAYS a decision of everyone alone, so YOU can be very proud on yourself! => "36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." (Acts 8:36-38). BUT forgive me ONE question: What is a RCIA? ❤❤❤✝❤❤❤
I pray the creed every night after I finally memorized it to heart in recent years. The way it summarizes the basics of our faith, the nature of the Trinity and the future of salvation is quite beautiful the more you look at Church history and think about it.
As an Orthodox Christian, all of your content that has mentioned us and any of our conflicts with the Catholics have been a great and fair explanation of our side without being condescending or even saying that we are wrong about them. Fantastic job, as it makes me and I'm sure many others have no issue watching your videos feeling that they will be biased
"Church leaders have always shown that you can be really good at theology and terrible at politics." This sums up my struggle with the church today AND my reason not to leave the church at the same time. Thank you for articulating it.
Since discovering this channel, my faith deepened as it helps me to understand the beauty of the Catholic faith as well as assist me as a Cathecist in my parish. I'm proud to be a Roman Catholic.
As a Lutheran (LCMS) I found helpful. Especially where you explained that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father through the Son. That helped a lot. Thanks.
Father Casey, I really appreciate this sentence by sentence break down of the Nicene Creed. Far too often as Catholics, we get too accustomed to saying these words every Sunday, that it becomes a perfunctory exercise. It just seems like a routine, bereft of any meaning. We do not ruminate on the significance of the language, and the implications it has on our faith. We just robotically repeat these words, as if we were human tape recorders, with no attachment to what we are saying. Its good to have videos like this to illustrate how profound the Creed is. Thank you.
People are too caught up in the rituals, you gotta get on ur knees to pray you gotta hold ur hands a certain way, Etc.
@@deandrecrosby1157 When rituals are seen as an end, in and of themselves, it can be problematic. Such a fixation on practices, gestures and scripts can detract from the faith. I wholeheartedly agree. However, rituals, when properly contextualized, can cultivate a feeling of community and love with our fellow Christians. It is all a matter of perspective. Shared rituals and creeds give us a sense of commonality. There is always time for individual communication with God. There is always time to make our prayer life far more personal and intimate. Rituals, when seen as a galvanizing force and not as the end goal, does not detract from our personal relationship with God.
Perfect timing on this video. I'm currently writing my doctoral thesis and I'm working on heresies and reading up on Arianism when I saw this video pop up.
Luck with that thesis bro or sis
I coverted to The RCC at the Easter Vigil in 2014. The Creed helps to Crystalize my ever deepening Faith!!!❤
Toledo (in Spain) is a fairly sleepy Castillian city with a cool cathedral. Amazing that it played such a pivitol role in the histrory of the church
Just came across your channel, thank you and God Bless. I will add you to my long list of my favorite catholic priests whom I follow. Very informative, short sweet and straight to the point. I will subscribe, pray for you Father
I am soooo happy Catholicism In Focus is back! Your best podcast so far, informative and triggers reflection. Good job brother Father 🙂
Thank you so much Father for the work you do. It is such a great feeling knowing that every time i watch your videos my knowledge of the Faith increases.
I hope that CIF never goes away. Super helpful for me!
A legendary creed as the Apostle's creed also, among Catholics, Presbyterians follow this creed also
I default to the Apostles Creed because I say the rosary and the Divine Mercy chaplet daily
Yes we say the creed when we pray the Rosary. I also went to a Catholic Church that recited the Apostles Creed instead of the Nicene Creed
I don't know if this is a general practice but, from some time on, in my parish the priests, and all of us as well, recite in mass the apostles creed during lent, holy week and passover.
Lutherans (LCMS) have both creeds in the Divine Service. My church alternates between the two, so if we said Nicene this week we'll say Apostles' next week.
@@angiebee2225 I think the problem in practice is that Protestants don’t actually believe the Creeds. What do you think the “communion of saints” means? Means those who are in heaven that intercede on our behalf to Jesus. Protestants don’t pray to Saints and some don’t even acknowledge there are Saints in heaven who are aware of what’s going on in the material world
Do Protestants believe that Jesus descended to Hell when he died, freed the righteous and opened the gates of heaven for them? I know some definitely don’t hold to that. I questioned a family member on that who was perturbed that I said Jesus descended to hell after he was crucified. I asked him to re read the Apostles Creed and question whether he actually believed what ancient Christian’s believed
Well done Father Casey ⛪️ this teaching is so much appreciated! Very helpful, God Bless you 🙏
As a Greek orthodox, I commend your honest and fair presentation of the nicene creed. Even though we are at odds, you did well in this video
Many years ago, I taught CCD to 7th graders, who didn't want to be there. Since they really didn't know or understand our Catholic prayers, we spent much of the year pulling apart each prayer in the hope of better understanding. Not sure how much the CCD kids got out of this, but I certainly had a much better understanding.
If you gave them understanding the rest is up to them.
Beautiful as usual. You are blessed and we are blessed to see and hear you. Gosh, this is wonderful.
Excellent video, Padre! It was short and concise, leaving me with the ability to do further research on my own.
As someone who is a newcomer to the Episcopal Church, thank you for this explanation. I do find it interesting that even though the Episcopal Church is Protestant/Anglican, they use the exact same Nicene Creed as the Catholic Church, including the line " I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church".
Most mainline Protestant denominations still hold to the Nicene Creed. The dogmatic differences come from interpretations of the words (most of such Protestant denominations hold a view of a universal church that spans across denominational lines, for example, which is not in line with what the CCC teaches when the phrase "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" is used), but we are starting from the same words regardless.
@@toadofsteel No. Protestant churches use the word “catholic” because it simply means united. All believers are united in Christ through the Spirit, not through denominational religious doctrine.
Catholic (with a small “c”) means universal. Some denominations have gone back to using “Christian” in place of catholic. I’m not a big fan of that.
I’m 56 and this is the first time this was explained in a way I could understand it. Wish Father Casey would’ve been around all those years ago.
Fr. Casey…great presentation and breakdown of the Creed of our faith. Especially when you said…if you question what these things mean and why, go read Aquinas….we gotta move on😊. Aquinas exploration of the nature of man and God and nature and supernatural and preternatural….are masterful.
I love this. Thank you so much once again for the clear and concise explanation of our faith.
This one I will need to rewatch, as it is full of new info for me! Most of all the way Father Casey explained the never ending foundation of our church, with improvemnets along the way. It reminded me our church is a type of house, so renovations, patches, new tech, will give the same home just kept up. . God Bless y'all especially you, Father Casey, please please please do keep te lessons coming!
*Lex Orandi Lex Credendi Lex Vivendi*
"the law of what is prayed [is] what is believed [is] the law of what is lived"
Pray Daily! 🙏🏼
Believe and Live the Faith!
Ave Maria!
Great explanation gracias... Blessings from Philadelphia
This was very well explained, thank you!
Going through the Lutheran Catechesis and I love the Creed! It’s become so meaningful for me in what I personally believe.
I'm going through LCMS adult confirmation and we're currently going through the Apostles' Creed right now. It's been really fantastic. I came from a Baptist background and while we were taught our Bibles, I wish we had something like the small catechism when I was younger. I went to a Christian college and minored in Biblical studies, so I know a lot of stuff about theology, but there's something to be said for clearly laying out the basics.
Amen, it will continue to stand the test of time!!!
Im really interested in knowing about the "this is a video for another day" part. I have heard about this topic before. Filioque!
Thanks for this video, Father. I shared it with my Knights of Columbus council.
Great to hear from someone who is apart with the knights of columbus council
Thanks. Catholicism for dummies like me. Was very educational
This isn't related to the video, but where is Upon Friar Review? I miss that series so much.
Thx Father Casey. I really need it! Excellent explanation! God bless you ❤
One the best videos I’ve seen from you Father, well done
I became a Catholic in 1987. I was Baptized a Protestant in 1982. I've been both. I am still Catholic. I even still serve Masses at age 51.
Thank you so much father please keep on teaching faith this Was awesome listen to you ❤️👍🏻🙏
What a brilliant video
I shared this far and wide!
Our father Casey is a great teacher
Thank you
Thank you, Fr Casey! And nice font selection (I’ll have to go looking for that one)!🤓
I loved your video Father, simple and easy to understand!
That explanation wrapped the creed up very well, it's good to know why it was necessary to begin with and also for those who might wonder why it exists and continues to play such a great part in services across the world still.
Wow as an Oriental Orthodox good job in not being biased 👏👏👏
Excellent delivery as always, Fr Casey!
Great explanation Father,there is no doubt that your vocation as a priest is to enlighten everyone, but especially cradle Catholics who do not have the understanding of our beautiful religion that we should!
Fr. will you please create videos about Old Christian Art?
It would be fascinating to learn more about Christian Culture...
6:35 The respawning part caught me off guard
so to the point. love youre explinations on Catholicism, take my faith seriously, ask God for faith/wisdom to live my faith more fully, thank you, keep up the teaching segments, as a former pastor would refer to them after mass, before blessing, as a 4 minute catechesis
Amazing way to explain these deep truths!!! Thank you so much.
This was an excellent concise synopsis of a vital church prayer. I prefer video such teaching videos. I'm sure many are edified by this. Thank you Father.
eastern catholic here, we do not say the filioque, but I agree with your explanation. I also think the church can chose to add specifics to prayers an liturgy to improve the welfare of the faithful or combat specific heresies.
We have a prayer before communion said publicly that I think the latin church should look at
@Highview Barbell
Despite the first Vatican council making it clear that Greek speaking catholics and eastern churches have a choice there was a history of forcing it at the local level, especially in America.
The second Vatican council not only said that it should be dropped but encouraged dropping the filioque from those traditions (eastern churches) that did not have it.
You can go to some eastern churches and the priests and cantor do not say the filioque but some from the congregation say it. I imagine that there are some priests that may also but I would suspect they are biritual latin catholic priests and don't mean to but do so out of habit.
For the dogma side, the belief of the catholic and orthodox have been united on this since before the schism. as mentioned in the video there is pre schisim usage of it within latin speaking communities. Some bishops added it in and eventually it became standard in the latin church. but eastern churches largly did not accept this until the 1800's this is where latinization started occurring and we saw many pressures against our traditions especially in the US.
In the early 1900s this got particularly tense with bishop John Ireland being, frankly, un Christian to his catholic brothers. This resulted in what I call the great American schism. (although the methodists are making a run at that claim.) Eastern churches by in large joined the orthodox churches. In my community we can count numerous parishes that have their origin in one catholic parish.
The catechism of the catholic church has a good explanation of this(the filioque), I would recommend reading the surrounding sections.
"At the outset the Eastern tradition expresses the Father's character as first origin of the Spirit. By confessing the Spirit as he "who proceeds from the Father", it affirms that he comes from the Father through the Son. The Western tradition expresses first the consubstantial communion between Father and Son, by saying that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (filioque). It says this, "legitimately and with good reason", for the eternal order of the divine persons in their consubstantial communion implies that the Father, as "the principle without principle", is the first origin of the Spirit, but also that as Father of the only Son, he is, with the Son, the single principle from which the Holy Spirit proceeds. This legitimate complementarity, provided it does not become rigid, does not affect the identity of faith in the reality of the same mystery confessed." CCC 248
Thats odd, I came back to add more and I didn't see the original response. Posting from email for clarity.
"OCA here, woah they didn't make you guys add the filioque to be in communion with them? Interesting, so they don't consider it core dogma even now?"
Awesome!! But you ran through your presentation rather than walk. I had to stop and restart it just to get a fuller understanding. God bless and keep them coming.
Hi Father Casey. This video could not have come at a better time. I, and someone dear to me recently returned to church and renewed our respective faith. We have a difference in opinion regarding the trinity and are struggling with it. To be honest, it's still difficult for me to understand even after watching the video, but I'll keep studying. Thank you for all that you do!
Glad you're returning to church!!! What might help your view of the Trinity is the athanasian creed. It's one of the three fundamental creeds (apostles and Nicene is the other), and was written almost entirely to clarify exactly what the Trinity is
@@Godfrey118 Thank you very much! I didn't even know about that creed before. I'll make sure to look into it! :)
@@neil.bourbon In any case, don't beat yourself up for having difficulties with it. It's a Mystery with a capital M for a very good reason.
@@rmdodsonbills You make a good point. I will keep that in mind. Thank you very much!
@@neil.bourbonalso check catechism in a year by Fr. Mike
Nice! I've been wondering about this topic lately. Can you do something like this on the Apostles' Creed?
You can hear it on Fr.Mike podcast on catechism in a year.
Thank you Father for this video. I start my Adult Intake course in September and this will truly help. Looking foward to completing my rites with the church. God bless, love your videos. They have help me in my decision to return to the Catholic church.
So happy for you!
Love the video! Particularly that the history of the notorious "Filioque" clause was explained in a spirit of wisdom and charity.
What a fantastic video. I feel like I post negative comments about a lot of these videos (and I feel bad about that), but this was great. This is why I stay subscribed.
Really loved the historical context included of where certain passages in the Creed originated from!
Awesome!!!! Thank you again, Father Casey
Thank you Father Casey for this excellent explanation of the NIcene Creed. I understand it much better now.We pray the Apostle's Creed during our mass but the Nicene Creed is the first one that I learned in primary school.
The best description I have ever heard for the Apostles and Nicene Creeds is "All Christians likely believe more than just what is specifically said in these creeds, but no True Christian can believe *less* ."
I'd say that's more true about the Apostles' Creed. Some protestants take umbrage at the idea of baptism for remission of sin as meaning a works based salvation even if they still believe that all Christians should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Wow. I was only taught as a kid to memorize it, we spent so little time on what it actually meant. The consubstancial thing, that God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit are on a different sort of matter entirely, is amazing to me.
Appreciate you slowing it down for this recently returned believer 😅
Thank you so much father - please keep on teaching the faith. This was awesome to listen to 👍
Thank you, for helping me understand and continue to grow with Christ.
Thank you for your spiritual service
Thank you, Father! Awesome 👏
Thank you Fr. Excellent video
Thank you for this excellent distillation of our Creed. I keep trying to explain sections of our creed to friends and it has been difficult. I have one suggestion. Please try to use a gentle non-distracting transition between your individual clips. A simple dissolve would usher the viewer from text to narrator instead of jerky slides back and forth. A good rule is that an appropriate transition should smooth out your clips and be barely noticeable. Just a thought, keep up the great work!
This might be your best video yet!
Great video with wonderful explanations. Very clear and concise.
Really good explanation of the Creed. Also exactly why I don't follow it because Christ said that that isn't so. After his crucifixion and Ascension, he then went up to be with the father, but not to be the father. The perfect example is elucidated by the Occurrence at his baptism where God the Father speaks from the heavens, and the Holy Spirit, separate from both of them appears and is likened unto a dove three separate beings to accomplish one single task.
Amen. Thank you Father Casey.
Hi father
I'm not religious, however I'm curious and I enjoy learning about religion
You mentioned something that i've never realized, which is that with the ascencion of the body of Christ there now is in God and Heaven something new, which is humanity in the form of Jesus' body. I've never heard it this way
This is a very powerful idea and I would like to know more about it, so I would like to ask if you can make a video thar elaborates on that or tell me where I can learn more about it (if possible somewhere with a more friendly and less academic language)
Anyway, thank you for the video (this one really got me thinking) and sorry for the english, I tried my best but it's not my first language soo it might seam a bitt odd
Although not scriptural or doctrinal to the Catholic Church, you may be interested in learning about the Shroud of Turin. Just type shroud of Turin in your UA-cam search. The shroud has been venerated by Catholics for centuries as the burial clothes of Jesus Christ. You may have heard of it.
You can't but want to watch this again.
Regarding the consubstantial part, the Spanish version of the Creed says "of the same nature as the Father", which I feel is clearer, since it doesn't use a word a regular Joe may not understand.
Yayy!! I'm astute!! Thanks Father Casey...
Great presentation father. As a side note I'm reminded of all those Dan Brown conspiracies who claim that the Creed was the ''creation'' of Christian dogma rather than the reality that it was a clarification and correction away from heresies.
Really appreciate this history!
Señor, Dios nuestro,
Bendito y alabado seas,
Te bendigo y te doy Gracias,
Por que obras por medio de tus Sacerdotes, para que conozca de ti.
Dame el don de entender tu Palabra y aceptarla con humildad y obediencia como María.
Te lo suplico en el nombre de tu hijo Jesucristo.
Amén
Bendiciones Padre!
Great video bud. Very well spoken and well digestible.
What a great explanation ❤❤
I always love the Credo Nicaea - Constantinople... It is a beautiful statement of faith..
And even though I have heard similar things over and over.. Never bored of it...
Thank you for this summary. This creed is what unifies the faith and sets guardrails for our theology. It needs to be explained to each generation.
Thank you, Father, for explaining the Creed in its original form (no filioque). I learned something new still.
Thank you friar Casey.
Quite insightful. Thank you.
Thank you father! I've been reading about the early councils so this was a veeery welcome video 😊😊
Fr. Casey, I heard about the debate between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church on which is the true church. As a fellow Catholic, I was wondering if you could do a video on this.
Excellent explanation! Ty ❤
I claim no religion, nor will I ever,but I do believe in only 1 creator who has no name that has been given to humans yet. I looked this up because it interested me,and he did a very nice job explaining it. Thank you
This was helpful.😊
this brings me back to when i was in the boy scouts, and we had a project on exploring religion. as a cradle catholic, i thought the nicene creed was a good choice to explain the faith to a non-christian. this was before the new translation, and i am grateful that i had a knowledgeable catechism teacher with a good command of english who had taught me well several years prior. thank God i didn't need to explain "consubstantial" to my scoutmaster! XD
What's so hard about having the same essence as the Father?
@@carolynkimberly4021 It's hard to understand the philosohical concept of "essence" or "substance". And you can't undestand that if 1) you don't already believe or confusely "feel" that there's more to reality than what we can see and touch; 2) you don't know that, according to Aristotle's (and others) philosophy, the "substance" is the eternal principle that shapes the matter into a form and determines that something is what it is. So, if the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three different forms, how can they possibily have the same substance? Only if they are the same thing, and vice-versa. So the three "forms" (that according to Aristotle would have been different substances) became "persons" in theology, i.e. "masks" (from Latin "persona", and "pròsopon" in Greek), something that is "manifested externally" differently but can have the same "subsance".
As you see, not a so immediate concept.
Fun bonus creed trivia. When reciting the creed, Catholics will usually bow their heads in reverence for precisely one line. Which one?
"and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man."
That is the truly amazing thing to proclaim... that God chose to take humanity into himself.
We actually genuflect at this proclamation of the Incarnation. In the NO, however, they don't. They don't even genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament. Sad.
@@carolynkimberly4021 We genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament, during the Consecration and Eucharistic Prayer. We cannot genuflect when making Communion just for a "logistic" problem, but it is expected we genuflect when we return to our post.
@@Laurelin70 "Genuflect" means to go down on one knee or on two if the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. It doesn't mean just kneeling. We should be kneeling from the Sanctus until Communion.
@@carolynkimberly4021 But between the Sanctus and the Communion there is the Pater Noster. And there the priest says: "With faith and *freedom* as sons of God". And sons don't kneel before the Father. In the "prodigal son" parable, the Father rises the kneeling son, restoring him into his role as son, before taking him to his feast.
Thank you for this 💙