Called out by Fr. Moses: Matt Fradd and Gavin Ortlund on arguing about faith online
Viewers filled the comments with praise for the priest who corrected him, and many ask the same thing: put Fr. Moses on the show.
Matt Fradd
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 102,867 views a day, 7.9 times a normal first day on this channel (13,015).
I Was Called Out.
Corrected in public, Matt Fradd made a lesson of it. In "I Was Called Out." the host of Pints With Aquinas tells Gavin Ortlund how one of his posts on Twitter drew a rebuke from a priest he calls Fr. Moses. The two then talk about what that says about how Christians should deal with people online.
It drew a crowd quickly. The video passed 50,000 views in its first eight hours, on a channel where a new video usually gathers around 13,000 in a whole day. The comment section had already gone well past a usual first day's total.
The title does not say what the post was, and the description stays on the bigger question. The comments are mostly about the priest. Many viewers describe Fr. Moses as direct but encouraging, several thank Fradd for treating him with respect, and some write as Orthodox Christians, including one who says they had just attended his church. Others thank Fradd for owning the mistake rather than digging in. One of the most liked comments comes from a viewer who says they watched the whole Christopher West interview live and still cannot see what the fuss was about. And one request keeps coming back: bring Fr. Moses on the show.
The pairing suits the subject. Ortlund is a Protestant pastor and theologian, and his full conversation with Fradd, Episode 599, opens with a chapter on online charity and ends on humility and civility. On the same day Fradd posted another short with the blunt title "Online apologetics is getting worse." On a channel built on long talks about the Catholic faith, this week's subject is how believers talk to each other.
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What viewers say
I hope you get Fr. Moses on!!
@D.M.783See it on YouTubeFr Moses is very authentic. He was very straightforward but encouraging giving me advice.
@VincentMcGuire-l7dSee it on YouTubeLet me guess... he challenged you to a lifting contest?
@wehavetherecipesSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Matt Fradd
- Subscribers
- 881,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,162,803
- Channel views, pace per day
- 352,832 (on a normal day: 301,395)
- Video published
- October 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 51,373 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 102,867
The numbers
A fast start for a channel whose new videos usually build slowly, and a comment section that got busy early.
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