“You can’t just agree to disagree. When you have an agreement, first, how do you settle it? It's not an issue of dispute, it’s how you settle the dispute. When you do settle it, what kind of authority does it have?... Is there a way in which questions get settled permanently? Those are basic questions that any community has to answer.” Check out the full podcast episode, “Who Decides and With What Authority?” with Professor Michael Root to discover the important role the Church plays in determining what is accepted as doctrine and what is not. Link in bio! Prof. Michael Root (Catholic University of America) is formerly Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. #ThomisticInstitute #Catholic #CatholicEducation #CatholicPodcast