Pints With Aquinas
Episodes
22: Why can't women be priests?
06 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Objection 1. It would seem that the female sex is no impediment to receiving Orders. For the office of prophet is greater than the office of priest, s...
21: What do you think of Islam?
30 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
[Muhammad] seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh goads us. His teaching also contained precepts th...
20: What are the 8 attributes of God?
16 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
St Thomas Aquinas, in the first part of his Summa Theologica, after having enumerated five proofs for the existence of God, proceeds to outline and ex...
19.5 What did you do that made St. Bonaventure tear up his manuscript?
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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19: Give me an argument for the existence of God?
09 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion. It is certain, and evident to our senses, that in the world some things are in motion. No...
18: Understanding Thomas' metaphysical lingo
02 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In today's show we discuss the following metaphysical terms: Essence, existence, being (contingent, necessary, substantial), potency, act, motion, cau...
17.5: Philosophy in evangelization
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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17: Is the ontological argument for God's existence sound?
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
[Even a] fool, when he hears of … a being than which nothing greater can be conceived … understands what he hears, and what he understands is in h...
16: Can honors and fame make me happy?
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It is impossible for happiness to consist in honor. For honor is given to a man on account of some excellence in him; and consequently it is a sign an...
15: Will money make me happy?
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It is impossible for man's happiness to consist in wealth. For wealth is twofold, as the Philosopher says (Polit. i, 3), viz. natural and artificial. ...
14: Is it possible for me to be happy?
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Happiness is the attainment of the Perfect Good. Whoever, therefore, is capable of the Perfect Good can attain Happiness. Now, that man is capable of ...
13: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Objection 1. It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "Go...
12: Was the crucifixion necessary for our salvation?
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Article 2. Whether there was any other possible way of human deliverance besides the Passion of Christ? Objection 1. It would seem that there was n...
11: Is the death penalty always wrong?
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Article 2. Whether it is lawful to kill sinners? Objection 1. It would seem unlawful to kill men who have sinned. For our Lord in the parable (Matthew...
10: A pint and chat with Fr. Chris Pietraszko
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I speak with Fr. Chris Pietraszko about why he loves St. Thomas, and why you should too! Check out his podcast: https://itunes.apple...
9.5: Was the bombing of Hiroshima immoral?
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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09: What makes an act good or evil?
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"The good or evil of an action, as of other things, depends on its fullness of being or its lack of that fullness. Now the first thing that belongs to...
08: Was there death before the fall of man?
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Objection 2: Further, it is unfitting that elements hostile to one another should be brought under the mastership of one. But many animals are hostile...
07: Who created God?
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
First, whatever a thing has besides its essence must be caused either by the constituent principles of that essence (like a property that necessarily ...
06: Why didn't you accept the immaculate conception, St. Thomas?
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Objection 3. Further, as it has been stated above, no feast is celebrated except of some saint. But some keep the feast of the Conception of the Bless...
05: Are wet dreams/sexual dreams sinful?
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"Nocturnal pollution may be considered in two ways. First, in itself; and thus it has not the character of a sin. For every sin depends on the judgmen...
04: Does purgatory really exist?
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Whether there is a Purgatory after this life? Objection 1. It would seem that there is not a Purgatory after this life. For it is said (Apocalypse 14...
03: Why are there 7 sacraments?
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For spiritual life has a certain conformity with the life of the body: just as other corporeal things have a certain likeness to things spiritual. Now...
02: Do we need faith to know that God exists?
03 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It is written (Romans 1:19), "That which is known of God," namely, what can be known of God by natural reason, "is manifest in them." Our natural know...
01: Who are you, St. Thomas?
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Because the doctor of Catholic truth ought not only to teach the proficient, but also to instruct beginners (according to the Apostle: As unto little ...