The Inner Life – September 16, 2024 – The Creed: God the Father

Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick for a three-day series to discuss The Creed

  • (4:11) What is a creed?
  • What does t mean to believe?

(19:38) Break 1

  • How did the Jewish creed allow them to stay faithful to the Lord?
  • (24:58) Why did the Church change from “we” to “I” believe?

(41:41) Break 2

  • Neon – What is the right Creed
  • (44:58) Karen – We say I believe in one God.  Why are priests able to say God instead of one God now when we profess one God in the creed?
Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.