Called to Communion Dun Scotus and the Immaculate Conception
Mar 13, 2026
A mailbag-style conversation tackling Jansenism and its suppression. They trace why Protestantism persisted in Europe and how the Old Testament canon differs. Topics include Duns Scotus and the case for the Immaculate Conception, honoring the Sabbath through Sunday Mass, and how the Church has responded to social injustice over centuries.
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Printing Press Fueled the Reformation
- The printing press acted like 16th-century Silicon Valley by spreading Reformation ideas and elevating printers into early adopters.
- Anders notes printers and journeymen were socially positioned to embrace and amplify Protestant messaging.
What Jansenism Was And Why It Was Suppressed
- Jansenism combined Augustinian total depravity, limited atonement, and moral rigorism, producing sectarian elitism and anti-Jesuit polemics.
- Anders recounts Pascal's satirical attacks and the convulsionist cultic practices that alarmed church and crown.
Receiving Sacraments Irregularly Still Counts
- If you received confession, communion, and confirmation—even irregularly—you have received the sacraments of initiation.
- Anders reassures Richard that his wartime reception of Communion and later Confirmation make him fully Catholic.
