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Join us as we tread through the passages in Paul that everyone loves to avoid.
Evangelicals and other kinds of Protestants in their commendable zeal often distill the writings of Saint Paul to such an extent that they miss the complexities and nuances of the Apostle. This is especially the case when it comes to Saint Paul’s doctrine of salvation. As a result, the Evangelical doctrine of “once saved always saved” misses the nuances of Paul’s doctrine. Paul does in fact teach that “nothing can separate us from the love of God” (Rom 8:39). However, he also clearly states that certain Christians have “fallen from grace” (Gal 5:4). What does the Apostle mean when he says that certain Christians have fallen from grace?
Taylor was an Episcopal priest in Fort Worth, Texas before being received into the Catholic Church by Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth.
Taylor was also formerly the Assistant Director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., located three blocks north of the White House, where he lectured regularly. He was served under Archbishop John J. Myers and Msgr. William Stetson for the Pastoral Provision of John Paul II, the canonical structure by which Anglican clergy are received into the Catholic Church and then go on to pursue Holy Orders in the Catholic Church.
He is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (M.A.R. Theology), Nashotah Theological House (Certificate in Anglican Studies), and University of Dallas (M.A. Philosophy). He is currently a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of Dallas where he studies the Natural Law theory of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologiae Ia Iaa qq. 94-108). Taylor and his wife live in Dallas, Texas with their five children. He is the author of The Catholic Perspective on Paul (forthcoming).
Visit his personal site at: www.taylormarshall.com
Taylor is also the Editor of Christian and American at: www.christianandamerican.com. 
Just finished listening to my first podcast – this was very helpful. I plan to listen again with my bible open… there were an awful lot of references in there!
Annette Heidmann,
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Thanks for the reminder on the Acts passage about works worthy of penance. But immediately I think of a counterargument (Brant Pitre calls me the European critical spirit:) – that passage is about conversion, i.e. one needs to lead a good Christian life after converting. But penance as such in Catholic theology refers to getting rid of temporal punishments that remain after confession, but not after baptism. This seems to me to be the greatest challenge to the Catholic Paul. It seems totally foreign to Paul’s vision that after baptism venial sins or sacramentally pardoned mortal sins start piling up temporal punishments for us to be satisfied either in this life with works of penance or in Purgatory. But perhaps I should listen to the next podcast for some light! Will do just that right now.
TAYLOR, WHERE IS THE PICTURE FROM ON MORTAL SIN . SAINT PAUL #6
THANK YOU
GOD BLESS
BILL
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