My hat off to you. You present my catholic faith very objective and way better than any catholic I learned . Thank you.

Thank you, I am in Church History in seminary and have never been much of a historian. This helped.

Dr. Reeves, I really enjoy your lectures. You treat the complex history of Christianity with reason and dignity. I abhor religious bigotry and really gag on my spoon when I hear people make uniformed condemnations against Christians, especially Catholics who seem to be held to higher standard than the hundreds of other non-denominational churches in the US.

As a Catholic interested in church and world history, I am enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. Thank you so much for posting them! Although I am now old enough for Medicare, I did not know that Vatican City didn't exist until 1929 and that the Church can thank Mussolini for it.

Do you think you'll do a lecture/video on Vatican II? I'd say it's been extremely influential and has caused a lot of internal conflict within the CC.

I believe the IC doctrine was also further supported around 1856 by the Lourdes apparitions of the BVM to the peasant French girl Bernadette Soubirous in which now a huge Basilica and grotto attract millions every year since that time; mind you this was just after the LaSalette apparitions and then of course Fatima in 1917. Our Lady has always made a point to intervene in Church teachings vis a vis doctrinal issues via apparitions.

If you can, can you make a video about Vatican II? About its purpose, teachings and aftermath. Thank you. :)

Dissent always starts and gets out of control in Germany. Why is that?

You are a very honest historian

awesome video in a greater series. came back too it multiple times

Very interesting ... very objective

Very well done! In the 10th minute the word church is misspelled.

I like these presentations, and as a Catholic, understanding the reformation and Protestantism is an important part in our journey as the one true Church. I have always believed science to be not in opposition to the Church, but as God's blueprint to the universe, a complete togetherness. The problem I find is, that we as flawed instruments of God, fumble our way through trying to understand this science and the implications of that knowledge. Politics within the Church and doctrine will always be at odds with each other because they determine different outcomes. This is where faith in Christ intervenes to add the mortar to the Holy Church.

Very good. I'd add some points. The Old Catholic churches formed in opposition to Vatican I lost their spiritual & moral compass. This illustrates the importance of humble fidelity to the office Christ bestowed on Peter. (Also, most Protestants had fundamental movements to rectify their loss & the Orthodox are in some ways scattered without the unity of Peter.) The sad oppression of the Patriarch of Constantinople illustrates the goodness of having a politically independent Holy See. The big philosophical context was the alternative messianic belief of socialism. Orthodox object to our formula if immaculate conception, but only due to the way we express original sin. we all agreed from very early that the Theotokos was Immaculately conceived.

You should have mentioned Dollinger, the Roman Catholic church historian who wrote a whole book against the infallibility of the office of the papacy. He was eventually kicked out of the church for his views.

The Vatican shouldn't changed the Mass. The Norvus Ordo Mass has really become BORING and stale.

???didntV1 deal with tthe assumtoion of theBVM...

More tussles.

This is why I'm not Catholic. I have a Bible and the papal ain't included

If i'ts a war, it's a war of love. DAMIEN LANNES is CHRIST. The way; the truth; the Life.