September 10, 2025

#12365 Do Non-Catholics Go to Heaven? Early Church Teachings and More - Joe Heschmeyer

55 minutes

“Do Non-Catholics Go to Heaven?” This episode explores the complexities of salvation and the teachings of the Early Church. Tune in as we address questions about the necessity of listening to the Early Church Fathers, the implications of a nun’s claim regarding non-Catholics and heaven, and the early Church’s views on the Immaculate Conception and Assumption.

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Questions Covered:

01:00 – Charlie Kirk

15:00 – Do we have to listen to the Early Church Fathers? Are their statements doctrine because they tell us what the early Church believed?

28:30 – My son was told in school by a nun that non-Catholics don’t go to heaven. I’m shocked, is this true?

37:43 – How did the early Church view the immaculate Conception and Assumption?

48:00 – What resources can you point to to help put the Didache in its appropriate cultural context?

04:30 – Would you consider writing a book on justification?

12:26 – What are the earliest Catholic Church buildings and where was the altar located in those churches?

16:25 – Jesus promises to heal in the bible but people deflect and say that healing happens in the next life. What are your thoughts on that? Does God want you to suffer here to get more reward in heaven?

22:34 – What was the early Church’s interpretation of 1 John 5:13?

28:30 – Continued – Jesus promises to heal in the bible but people deflect and say that healing happens in the next life. What are your thoughts on that? Does God want you to suffer here to get more reward in heaven?

44:26 – What are the earliest writings about the mass that we have?

50:38 – Did the writing of the same Shepard Hermas hold the same weight as the Didiache, writing of St. Clemente of Rome and others?

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September 10, 2025

#12365 Do Non-Catholics Go to Heaven? Early Church Teachings and More - Joe Heschmeyer

55 minutes

Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter

Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com

Questions Covered:

01:00 – Charlie Kirk

15:00 – Do we have to listen to the Early Church Fathers? Are their statements doctrine because they tell us what the early Church believed?

28:30 – My son was told in school by a nun that non-Catholics don’t go to heaven. I’m shocked, is this true?

37:43 – How did the early Church view the immaculate Conception and Assumption?

48:00 – What resources can you point to to help put the Didache in its appropriate cultural context?

04:30 – Would you consider writing a book on justification?

12:26 – What are the earliest Catholic Church buildings and where was the altar located in those churches?

22:34 – What was the early Church’s interpretation of 1 John 5:13?

44:26 – What are the earliest writings about the mass that we have?

50:38 – Did the writing of the same Shepard Hermas hold the same weight as the Didiache, writing of St. Clemente of Rome and others?

...more

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