Posted on 11/19/2022 4:37:14 PM PST by MurphsLaw
Cameron Bertuzzi, a popular Protestant YouTube host, announced Thursday online that he is in the process of converting to Catholicism.
“So, the big announcement is that on Sept. 20, 2022, I decided to become Catholic. I’m currently in an RCIA program and will be confirmed this coming Easter,” Bertuzzi said in a YouTube video.
His conversion “came at the tail end of a deep study into the evidence for and against the papacy,” he said.
“As a Protestant, I went into the study with an open mind. Ultimately, I told myself that I would follow the evidence wherever it leads, even if that conclusion is uncomfortable for me or for my family,” Bertuzzi said.
His Protestant friends were “very confident” that his study would only confirm his Protestant faith, “but they were wrong,” he said.
“What I found was that the evidence strongly suggests that the papacy is true,” he said.
Bertuzzi, whose Capturing Christianity YouTube channel has just short of 150,000 subscribers, said that he will be speaking about the details of his conversion on other channels, not his own.
Matt Fradd, popular Catholic YouTube host of the channel Pints with Aquinas, “got so excited about this news, as you can imagine, he decided to pay to fly me out to the Vatican, the one in Rome, to detail my journey on his channel,” Bertuzzi shared.
“So, if you’re interested in my reasons for conversion, the impact this decision has had on me and my family, and all the rest, then join Matt Fradd and I live on Pints with Aquinas from the Vatican tomorrow,” meaning Friday, Nov. 18.
Bertuzzi has hosted a multitude of well-known Christians and Catholics on his channel. Among them are Catholic apologists Trent Horn and Jimmy Akin of the apostolate Catholic Answers; Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester; theologian and professor Scott Hahn; Fradd; and Father Vincent Lampert, an exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Videos with Barron and Lampert both gained hundreds of thousands of views respectively.
Bertuzzi’s channel can be seen here.
Yeah, I’ve not read all 400+ posts. Did Elsie make that comparison, or did someone else?
But, as Mary is in the lineage of David, she is a descendant of a king.
As for the comparison to Jezebel, I’d have to look at the post.
An excerpt relevant to what you wrote.
The over the top, foaming-at-the-mouth response is simply wrong.
Jezebel and the roman cults fake demon mary are one and the same spirit of a demon, a spirit of the antichrist, Satan.
Rome’s goddess
eternal virgin, was married and had a child and several other children
Jezebel
virgin, was married and had a child
Rome’s goddess
false prophet
Jezebel
false prophet
Rome’s goddess
demon that appeared as light and the roman church took the bait
Jezebel Baal exalts as light Israel took the bait
Rome’s goddess
Bible never calls her queen of heaven or queen mother though she is the mother of the King
Jezebel
Bible never calls her queen though she is married to a king of Israel
Rome’s goddess
daughter of the King
Jezebel
daughter of a king
Rome’s goddess
gave birth to the King
Jezebel gave birth to a king
Rome’s goddess
Son had no children
Jezebel’s son had no children
Rome’s goddess
Destroys GOD’s people with lies
Jezebel
Destroys GOD’s people with lies
Rome’s goddess
Pride to ask for worship and obedience
Jezebel
Pride to ask for worship and obedience
Rome’s goddess
Given time to repent
Jezebel
Given time to repent
Rome’s goddess
Children thrown on a bed of sickness and killed
Jezebel
Children thrown on a bed of sickness and killed
Rome’s goddess
Directly tied to Satan
Jezebel directly tied to Satan
I know I have not listed all of them, but this is enough to see that they are the same spirit of deception.
Ah, I see.
How did Mary receive the Roman Catholic title “Queen of Heaven”?
Unrelated to the O.T. idolatry; archaeologists/biblical scholars have at least four different goddesses that Queen of Heaven might be referring to.
It’s usually described as being the Queen Mother of Jesus; there are writings of the saints going back to the 200s and 300s which call her such.
"All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being" (Jn. 1:3).
". . . the world was made through Him . . ." (Jn. 1:10).
"For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things have been created through Him and for Him" (Col. 1:16).
Is she queen consort, queen regnant, or queen regent?
Golly!
I wonder why, when Rome compiled the Bible, the PTB didn't INCLUDE some of these 'writings'?
Surely they could have found some stuff from the Apostles that confirmed how great Mary was in helping Jesus out with His message and mission.
Rome’s goddess daughter of the King Jezebel daughter of a king
You must have misread.
Doesn't say "Mary" at all, but "Rome's Godess".
Bump, bump, bump, bump - another one bites the dust.
Seriously?
Rhetorical
Oh. [Whew!]
None of the above is an exact fit.
One is the wife of a king, another inherited the throne by birth, another oversees a child who has the throne but is too young to rule.
Queen Mother is more accurate.
But the Protties call her Queen Repugnant... 😉
Take it in context, troll boi.
And I am the liar?
One man’s context is another’s pretext.
In earthly terms, one cannot become queen mom without first being queen consort. Furthermore, the queen mom has no power, but is a mere figurehead.
Until now, I’ve never seen that term used for Mary by anyone on this forum. Please save your derogatory terms. They do not edify the conversation, and only display your disrespect for others.
More?
“Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.”
—John 19:25-27
Jesus’ own words.
Luke 23:27-29
27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
In Luke 1:48, Mary says, “ all generations will call me blessed .
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