Articles of Faith - The Creed

  Episode 1 - Bishop Barron addresses some of the most controversial questions about the life and identity of Jesus Christ and travels through the mysterious and sacred places of our Faith, including the Holy Land of Israel and the eternal city of Rome.

  Episode 2 - Bishop Barron highlights the Beatitudes, the path of non-violence and lessons of forgiveness, care for the poor, and our relationship with God as presented in the parables.

  Episode 3 - Bishop Barron considers St. Anselm’s description of God as “that than which nothing greater can be thought,” and goes on to explain St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments which support the claim that God truly exists. He also speaks from the Catholic tradition about the nature of God and the challenging question of evil and the existence of God.

 Episode 4 - Bishop Barron journeys to the humble remains of Mary’s house in Nazareth, to the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus, and to the great Marian shrines of Lourdes and Guadalupe to explain the Church’s teachings about Mary as the Mother of God, the Immaculate Conception and the dogma of the Assumption.

 Episode 5 - In telling each man’s story, Bishop Barron shows how the Holy Spirit worked through all the Apostles and disciples to build the Church. Following the trail of Peter and Paul as they took the Gospel to the ends of the earth, Bishop Barron presents the foundations of the Apostolic faith, particularly the revelation of Christ’s Resurrection from the dead.

 Episode 6 - Bishop Barron presents the reality of the Church as “one, holy, catholic and apostolic,” and explores the Catholic conviction that the life and presence of Christ continues to embrace humanity in all its joys and sorrows through the presence of the Church.

 Episode 7 - Considered by the Catholic Faith to be “the source and summit” of its identity and mission, the Eucharist is the central practice of the Church’s culture. Bishop Barron describes all the parts of the Mass, and shows how the Sacred Liturgy embodies the whole of the Faith in diverse places such as Jerusalem, Rome, Chicago, Orvieto, and Mexico City 

 Episode 8 - Bishop Barron gives consideration to some of the Church’s greatest heroes and demonstrates how their extraordinary examples display both the passion and creative potential of the Catholic Church. Highlighting Katharine Drexel, Thérèse of Lisieux, Edith Stein, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Bishop Barron tells the story of the Church as a vast company of witness who are called by Christ to be a Communion of Saints.

  Episode 9 - On pilgrimage to the places where the great saints and spiritual masters lived, Bishop Barron explores the different types of prayer: contemplation, adoration, petition, and intercession. In telling the stories of Catholics like Thomas Merton, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Bishop Barron demonstrates how the human person can be transformed through prayer that manifests a deep, spiritual commitment centered in Christ.

    Episode 10 - Explore the Church’s conviction that life here and now is preparation for an extraordinary world that is yet to come – a supernatural destiny. Bishop Barron presents the Catholic vision of death, judgment, heaven, hell, and purgatory as he journeys to Florence, Ireland, and Rome. The vision of the Church sees beyond this world and invites us to consider a world without end. Bishop Barron shows how this vision is supported by the mystery and truth of the Resurrection of Jesus.