Shameless Popery #255 Talking To My Favorite Protestant YouTuber (Catholicism and Orthodoxy) ft. Gospel Simplicity
Mar 5, 2026
Austin Suggs, creator of Gospel Simplicity and former Moody theology student, explores Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox theology. He recounts his shift from evangelical roots to liturgical worship. He traces cycles of curiosity about Catholicism, wrestles with papal infallibility, and explains why Anglo-Catholic liturgy now fits his sensibilities. Conversations touch on Eucharistic theology, tradition, and doctrinal development.
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From Moody Student To Interest In Fathers
- Austin Suggs recounts his path from evangelical youth to theology student at Moody where two Anglican professors sparked his interest in church history and the fathers.
- That exposure shifted him from low-church settings toward believing in a form of the real presence and exploring Catholic and Orthodox theology.
Anglo Catholicism Drew Him With Liturgy
- Austin describes Anglo-Catholicism as a liturgical, high-church trajectory that attracted him through aesthetics and sacramental sensibility rather than full communion with Rome.
- He and his wife now attend an Episcopal Anglo-Catholic parish with Latin choral hymns and formal ritual that fulfilled their desire for richer worship.
Papal Infallibility Is The Key Obstacle
- Austin identifies papal infallibility as his primary theological stumbling block preventing him from becoming Catholic.
- He explains his journey involved first being convinced of real presence, then re-evaluating Protestantism by studying Reformation sources, which complicated immediate conversion.
