The Inner Life – September 17, 2024 – The Creed: God the Son

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

  • (3:02) History of the Nicene Creed
  • What does “begotten” mean in the creed?

(24:24) Break 1

  • (25:53) Bob – they say it was the 2nd person of the trinity that took on humanity.  How can one person of the trinity take on a human nature without the other one at the same time?
  • Francine – Jesus is the same thing as the Father.  Take out the thing…he Is the same as the Father.  That is the entire definition.

(35:26) Break 2

  • (40:09) Regina – Explain paradox…we can’t love what we don’t know.  How can we really love God if we don’t know him fully?
  • (45:10) What is the core of 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.