# #424 Why Jesus Gave Bishops Authority to Teach - Suan Sonna

An episode of [Catholic Answers Focus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/955874270), 20 Apr 2022.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.catholic.com/wp-content/uploads/CAF-Suan-Magisterium-2.mp3

Catholics can use to Scripture to defend the fact that Jesus empowered the Church with a permanent magisterium, but our guest, Suan Sonna, says we should also just use some common sense when we explain the magisterium to Protestant Christians. Cy Kellett: Does the church actually have the authority to speak for Jesus? Suan Sonna is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. And one of the things that we Catholics have to defend is the idea that Jesus left a teaching church, a church with the authorit...

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