Suan Sonna

Intellectual Catholicism

Religion EN ↓ 107 episodes

Suan Sonna is a Baptist convert to Catholicism who is dedicated to curating the best Catholic intellectual content on philosophy, politics, and theology. He is also passionate about engaging people outside of the Catholic tradition on issues relevant to the Church. On Nov. 10th, 2022, I received permission from my Archbishop to call the channel "Intellectual Catholicism." He said, "I am not opposed to you calling your channel 'Intellectual Catholicism'."

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Suan Sonna

Episodes

Why Virtue Matters - Suan Sonna 09.08.2026 39:02

Why Virtue Matters - Suan Sonna

A Crash Course on the Blessed Virgin Mary - Robert Fastiggi 09.08.2026 1:10:51

A Crash Course on the Blessed Virgin Mary - Robert Fastiggi

Gavin Ortlund's BLUNDER on the Assumption of Mary 09.08.2026 13:40

Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFFzfU9MYqI&t=5533s

The Beauty of Scripture - Matthew J. Ramage 09.08.2026 47:48

The Beauty of Scripture - Matthew J. Ramage

The Perpetual Virginity and Assumption of Mary - Suan Sonna 09.08.2026 34:52

The Perpetual Virginity and Assumption of Mary - Suan Sonna

Did St. Paul Write the Pastoral Epistles? - Stephen Boyce 09.08.2026 1:11:19

Did St. Paul Write the Pastoral Epistles? - Stephen Boyce

Why the Church Teaches the Immaculate Conception - Suan Sonna 09.08.2026 56:26

Why the Church Teaches the Immaculate Conception - Suan Sonna

A Harvard Law School Student Becomes Catholic 06.05.2026 20:14

Find out who it is :D

Christology 101 - Suan Sonna 06.05.2026 51:35

Suan teaches about the natures of Jesus Christ.

Erick Ybarra REACTS to Gavin Ortlund - Did Emperors Actually Run the 7 Ecumenical Councils? 06.05.2026 1:18:56

Erick Ybarra REACTS to Gavin Ortlund - Did Emperors Actually Run the 7 Ecumenical Councils?

Penal Substitutionary Atonement in the Church Fathers - Erick Ybarra 06.05.2026 1:12:22

Erick Ybarra explains the theory of "penal substitutionary atonement", distinguishing it from Protestantism, and shows that the Fathers taught something like PSA.

Ortlund's Method: A Critique - Steven Alspach & Suan Sonna 06.05.2026 1:14:15

Suan Sonna and Steven Alspach critique the Protestant apologetics of Gavin Ortlund.

In Defense of Apologetics - Suan Sonna 15.02.2026 59:11

Suan Sonna, Director of Apologetics for the Diocese of Bridgeport, teaches his first class on Good vs. Bad Apologetics.

Are We Still Persons after Death? - Robert C. Koons and Christopher Tomaszewski 15.02.2026 1:41:26

Robert C. Koons and Christopher Tomaszewski discuss whether we are still persons after death. Rob says "Yes" and Chris says "No."

Redeeming Origen? - Stephen Boyce 15.02.2026 1:17:05

Stephen Boyce gives the case that Origen can possibly still be made a saint by the Catholic Church.

Stephen Boyce is Catholic! w/ Stephen Boyce! 15.02.2026 1:10:56

Stephen Boyce talks about his journey from Anglicanism to Catholicism.

The Bible, Sola Scriptura, and Biblical Theology - Jon D. Levenson 15.02.2026 1:09:45

Jon D. Levenson, professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University, discusses the Bible, Sola Scriptura, and Biblical Theology from a Jewish perspective warm towards Catholicism.

Living as Christians in a Secular and Divided World - Suan Sonna 15.02.2026 50:58

Suan Sonna gives a deep, moving talk about how to evangelize a secular and disenchanted world.

HESCHMEYER VS. HANSEN | The Great Apostasy Debate REVIEW w/ Isaac Hess 15.02.2026 2:13:42

Isaac Hess reviews Joe Heschmeyer's (Catholic) debate with Jacob Hansen (Mormon), providing a formidable but good faith critiquie of Mormonism.

How Anti-Catholicism helped Catholicism - Suan Sonna 15.02.2026 8:40

Suan Sonna talks about how anti-Catholicism helped Catholicism grow in the Western world.

The Ecclesiology of Charles Journet - Matthew K. Minerd (PART TWO) 30.12.2025 44:09

Matthew K. Minerd continues exploring the depths of Journet's ecclesiology.

The Ecclesiology of Charles Journet - Matthew K. Minerd (PART ONE) 30.12.2025 41:11

Matthew K. Minerd lays the groundwork for understanding Journet's ecclesiology.

My Top Questions on the Gospel of Matthew - Dale C. Allison Jr. 19.12.2025 54:51

I ask my top questions on Matthew to the world's leading scholar on the Gospel of Matthew.

The Biblical and Historical Case for Mary 19.12.2025 1:00:46

Suan Sonna gives his case that there was a higher Mariology in early Christianity than expected if Protestantism were true.

Clerical Celibacy: East & West - Kyle King vs. Ben Bollinger 26.11.2025 2:00:48

Kyle King (Orthodox, former Catholic) and Ben Bollinger (Catholic, former Orthodox) debate whether clerical celibacy as practiced by Latin Catholics has a stronger basis in antiquity than the Eastern Catholic/Orthodox practice.