This Protestant Claim Used to Be Convincing to Me. Not Any More.

How did Martin Luther’s personal theological crisis become a universal rule for all Christians—and how did the Catholic Church respond at the Council of Trent? In this video, we critically examine the standard Protestant narrative surrounding justification, sola fide, and Trent, often summarized by figures like R.C. Sproul, who claimed that Rome “denied the gospel” by rejecting justification by faith alone.

But this claim assumes the very point under debate: what is the gospel? By moving beyond caricatures—both Protestant and Catholic—we take a serious look at the actual decrees and canons on justification issued at the Council of Trent. Far from being unbiblical or reactionary, Trent’s teaching reveals deep scriptural grounding and a careful refusal to oversimplify long-standing Christian tensions between faith and works, grace and free will.

Drawing on the historical scholarship of Fr. John W. O’Malley’s Trent: What Happened at the Council, this video places Trent within its real historical and theological context. Church history is messy, human, and complex—but Christ’s promise endures. The gates of hell did not prevail at Trent.
If you are a Protestant studying Catholicism, wrestling with Catholic doctrine, or questioning Reformation assumptions about justification, this video is for you.
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