The Counsel of Trent

The Counsel of Trent

Hosted by Trent and Trent Horn · Catholic Answers

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78Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
846
Episodes
250
Transcribed
4,742
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2021
First episode
44M
YouTube views

About The Counsel of Trent

In this podcast, Trent Horn gives you an entertaining, informative, and practical explanation of the Catholic faith as well as interviews with the best writers and speakers in the Church today.

Publisher
Catholic Answers
Category
religion & spirituality
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
7 Jan 2021
Latest episode
21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

250 of 846 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    #1207 - 3 Mormon Doctrines That Recently Surprised Me

  2. 18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    #1206 - FFAF: Did They Ruin Bowling? (and FFAF Update)

  3. 16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    #1205 - The One Detail That Perfectly Explains Hell

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#1207 - 3 Mormon Doctrines That Recently Surprised Me

Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Now, in the late 1800s, the United States government outlawed polygamy and prosecuted Mormons who engaged in the practice. But this conflict eased in 1890 when Mormon President Wilford Woodruff made a statement about the matter now called Official Declaration 1. Woodruff said, We are not teaching polygamy or plural marriage, nor permitting any person to enter into its practice. This statement was made in the present tense without implying that plural marriage was wrong or contrary to divine law or something the church could never reinstitute. Woodruff said the government had outlawed polygamy or plural marriage, and so he intended to quote, However, Mormonism does not reject the concept of plural marriage itself, because it still teaches that couples who are sealed in the Mormon temple will remain married forever in heaven, and they will have creative potential in the eternities. […]

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Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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0
YouTube
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Engagement
99

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Trent and Trent Horn host the show. Published by Catholic Answers.

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