Episode Synopsis "Episode 3: “Common Myth-Understandings about the Catholic Faith”"

Isn’t Catholicism just a repackaged hodgepodge of paganism? Isn’t Mary just another “fertility goddess,” and the saints “false gods,” getting in the way of a true relationship with the One, True God, alone? *Correction: At 37:09, I said, “the wife of Solomon.” I meant to say, “the mother of Solomon.”*

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