Catechizing Garry Wills

Garry Wills—-whose latest book raises a call against the priesthood—-claims that he can remain a Catholic while espousing the common doctrines of low-church Protestantism, without the theologically nuanced arguments that most low-church Protestants make. And he throws out the book of Hebrews. In the video below, Stephen Colbert takes him back to catechism class.

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