43 - The Eighth Commandment: Truth!

Crash Course Catholicism

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Is there such thing as objective truth? Is it ALWAYS better to tell the truth? Are there situations where it's better to lie?
(Pls excuse the the background cicadas #straya)
This episode covers Part Three, Section Two, Chapter Two, Article Eight of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (pts 2464-2474).
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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• John Chapter 8
• The Acts of the Apostles
• Pope St. John Paul II, Fides et Ratio
• Fulton Sheen, "Revealed Truth", YouTube.
• Fulton Sheen, "Freedom", YouTube.
• Opus Dei:
  • "'In Spirit and Truth': Creating Unity of Life (I)"
  • "'Where God Wants us': Creating Unity of Life (II)"
• Thomas A. Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
• Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
• Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP:
  • "Conference on Newman the Prophet: A Saint for Our Times"
  • "Conscience, Relativism and Truth: the Witness of Newman" (video)
• Bishop Conley, "Blessed John Henry Newman and the Search for Truth in the Post-Relativist University"
• Dr. Alice von Hildebrand, Memoirs of a Happy Failure
• C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
• Bishop Robert Barron, "Breaking Out of the Prison of Self-Invention", YouTube.
• Ascenscion Presents, "Why We Should Stop Saying 'My Truth'", YouTube.
• Catholic Encyclopedia, "Truth"
• Trent Horn, "Truth and Ice Cream", Catholic Answers.
• "Biography of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter"
• Erna Putz,

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