Religious Freedom: What the Catholic Church Actually Teaches w/ Gavin D'Costa | Fraternitas Ep 13

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Images of the Spanish Inquisition and gruesome torture often make people assume that the Catholic Church historically opposed religious freedom. In this episode, we'll see why that picture is wrong. Freedom of religion is central to Catholic teaching, although that freedom must always be grounded in the human person's vocation to seek and follow the truth.

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0:00 Intro
0:41 A False Picture
1:39 Before Vatican II
4:11 Vatican II and Its Implications
5:32 Dignitatis Humanae
7:17 Church and State
8:25 Conclusions