The Thomistic Institute

How Could a Good God Allow Horrible Diseases? | Prof. Stephen Meredith

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Stephen Meredith examines why a good and all-powerful God would allow horrible diseases, weaving together scientific explanations, philosophical...

Evil as Privation | Prof. Thomas Ward

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Ward explains the classical Christian theory that evil is not a real entity but a privation of goodness, drawing from thinkers like Augus...

Thomas Aquinas on the Nicene Creed | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer explores Thomas Aquinas’s interpretation of the Nicene Creed, highlighting its foundational role in Catholic theology, the Trinity,...

Wonderment, Contemplation, and Friendship with God | Fr. Cassian Derbes, O.P.

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Cassian Derbes explores how wonderment, contemplation, and friendship with God are essential to the Christian life, drawing on insights from Arist...

The Vocation of Parenthood | Dr. Nathaniel Peters and Prof. Jane Sloan Peters

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nathaniel Peters and Prof. Jane Sloan Peters explore the vocation of parenthood, highlighting the distinct yet complementary roles of fatherhood a...

Psalms and the Grace of Conversion | Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P.

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Stephen Ryan explains how the Psalms uniquely serve as both a mirror and remedy for the soul, fostering self-knowledge, compunction, and conversio...

Key Principles for a Happy Life | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the principles for a happy life by drawing on Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy, focusing on the concept of beatitude as...

What Happens After Death | Prof. Jeffrey Brower

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jeffrey Brower defends Aquinas’s hylomorphic account of human nature, arguing that the soul, as the body’s substantial form, ensures metaphy...

The Earliest Christological Debates and Why They Matter Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer explores the earliest Christological debates of the first centuries, showing how heresies like Arianism, Nestorianism, and Pelagianis...

Capitalizing Christ in Thirteenth-Century Scholasticism | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman examines the thirteenth-century scholastic doctrine of “capital grace,” showing how Alexander of Hales, Hugh of Saint Vi...

How Does Christ Save Us? Making Sense of the Atonement | Prof. Ross McCullough

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Ross McCullough systematically explores the major models of the atonement-including Christus Victor, ransom theory, and divinization-showing how...

Contemplating Personhood and the Trinity | Fr. Timothy Bellamah, O.P.

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on November 23rd, 2023, at Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.o...

How Is My iPhone Changing Me? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Joshua Hochschild analyzes how smartphones and digital technologies reshape our brains, habits, and sense of self by leveraging neuroscience and...

Transhumanism: The New Eugenics | Prof. Steven Jensen

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Steven Jensen critically examines transhumanism as a new form of eugenics, arguing that the pursuit of human enhancement through technologies li...

What Can We Learn from Aquinas About AI? | Prof. Gyula Klima

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Gyula Klima uses Aquinas’ philosophy of mind to argue that human intelligence, rooted in immaterial universal concept formation, is metaphysic...

Ought I Use AI Assisted Writing? | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Ambrose Little examines the philosophical and ethical implications of AI-assisted writing by drawing on Plato’s myth of Thoth, Aristotle, and Aq...

The Use of Tools in a Technocratic Age: the Death of Wisdom? | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on February 20th, 2025, at University of Pittsburgh.The speaker requests that anyone interested in a summary of this talk liste...

Friendship and the Common Good | Prof. Adam Eitel

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Adam Eitel explores the nature of friendship and the common good through the lens of Aquinas and Aristotle, emphasizing that true friendship is ...

Friendship is a Difficult Good | Fr. Cassian Derbes, O.P.

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Cassian Derbes explores why friendship is a difficult but essential good, drawing on Aquinas, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, and Dante to show how ...

Aquinas on Friendship and Human Excellence | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Hibbs analyzes Aquinas’ account of friendship and human excellence, drawing on Aristotle and Tocqueville to show how friendship is a ne...

How To Be A Good Friend: Combatting Envy And Apathy And Exercising Love And Wisdom | Prof. W. Scott Cleveland

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. W. Scott Cleveland explores how to be a good friend by applying Aristotle’s philosophy of human flourishing, highlighting the importance of co...

What is Love? Plato’s Theology of the Body | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Joshua Hochschild compares Plato’s philosophical exploration of love in the Symposium with John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, analyzing ho...

The Metaphysics of Prayer | Fr. Stephen Brock

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Stephen Brock examines the metaphysics of petitionary prayer through the perspectives of C.S. Lewis, Peter Geach, and especially Thomas Aquinas, h...

Can Philosophical Skepticism Be Overcome? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Thomas Joseph White explores whether philosophical skepticism can be overcome by examining Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, and Nietzsche on metaphysical...

Aquinas on the Identity of Essence and Existence in God | Prof. Michael Gorman

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Gorman explains Aquinas’ doctrine that in God, essence and existence are identical, highlighting how this principle underpins divine s...

The Trinity: The Heart of Christian Life | Dr. Edmund Lazzari

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Edmund Lazzari defends the coherence and relevance of the Trinity by addressing Thomas Jefferson’s objections through Thomistic philosophy, emph...

Does God Exist | Prof. Michael Gorman

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Michael Gorman explores philosophical arguments for God's existence through Aquinas' approach of reasoning from effect to ultimate uncaused ...

Aquinas the Wordsmith: The Hymns and Sequence of Corpus Christi | Prof. Patrick Callahan

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Patrick Callahan analyzes the poetic genius of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the hymns and sequence of Corpus Christi, highlighting Aquinas’ underst...

Only the Lover Sings: Poetry, Mimesis, and the Christian Life | Prof. Patrick Callahan

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Patrick Callahan reveals how poetry, as the most Christ-like form of speech and a reflection of human mimesis, plays a vital role in the Christi...

God, Beauty, and Mathematics | Prof. Alexander Pruss

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Alexander Pruss explores the unique certainty, mystery, and beauty of mathematics, examining philosophical perspectives from Plato to modern log...

The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art that Leads to God | Prof. Patrick Callahan

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Patrick Callahan explores how art, through beauty and the sublime, can lead the soul toward God, drawing on insights from Joseph Pieper, Aristot...

Logic and Truth in God, Nature, and the Artificial | Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Philip-Neri Reese explores the relationship between logic and truth as they manifest in God, the natural world, and artificial constructs, emphasi...

John Henry Newman's Conception of the Development of Doctrine | Prof. Chad Pecknold

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Chad Pecknold analyzes John Henry Newman’s theological legacy, focusing on doctrinal development, conscience as a divine imperative, and his i...

Do We Need Marian Apparitions? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the theological necessity of Marian apparitions through the lens of Catholic doctrine, explaining how they relate to the cen...

Nicaea’s ‘Christological surplus, or, How to remember the creed’ | Prof. Lewis Ayres

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Lewis Ayres examines how the Nicene Creed functions as a generative and interpretive “cipher” within Christian tradition, tracing its roots ...

The Beauty of the Catholic Sacramental View | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P.

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P., explores how creation sacramentally reflects God’s glory, particularly investigating how metaphysics, scripture, p...

Hope: The Pilgrim's Virtue | Prof. Michael Wahl

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Wahl explores the theological virtue of hope as essential for Christian pilgrimage, distinguishing it from mere passion by examining how...

What Has the Historical Jesus to Do with the Church's Christ? | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P.

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Isaac Morales explores the relationship between the historical Jesus and Church's knowledge of Jesus, cautioning against relying too heavily on ev...

On the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Dominic Langevin explores the Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, explaining transubstantiation, its scriptural bas...

What Can Demons Do? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the extent of demonic influence on human life, distinguishing between physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual dime...

Why Are There Two Sacraments of Healing, Penance and Anointing of the Sick? | Prof. Roger Nutt

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Roger Nutt explores the theological significance of the sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick as healing encounters that address both ...

Divine Providence as Fulfilled in Christ | Fr. Timothy Bellamah, O.P.

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Timothy Bellamah explores divine providence as God's vision and causation of all things fulfilled in Christ, explaining that Christ's incarnation,...

Coming to Know God Through Creation: A Biblical Perspective | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Jordan Schmidt explores biblical creation accounts, emphasizing their theological depth and historical context to reveal how the created world ser...

Human Nature and the Challenges of Our Advancing Technologies | Dr. William Hurlbut

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. William Hurlbut examines the profound ethical and philosophical challenges posed by advancing biotechnologies, emphasizing the need for a deeper u...

Creation and Big Bang Cosmology | Prof. Karin Öberg

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Karin Öberg explores the interplay between theology and science, focusing on Thomas Aquinas' view of creation as a relational dependency on God...

Should Catholics Run (Away) From Secular Politics? | Fr. John Harris, O.P.

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. John Harris discusses the Catholic approach to secular politics, emphasizing Thomistic principles, the role of lay Catholics, and the balance betw...

A Neurologist's Reflections on Human Dignity and Suffering | Dr. Paul LaPenna

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Paul LaPenna reflects on the integration of ancient virtues, Christian ethics, and self-sacrificial love in medical practice, emphasizing human di...

Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas | Prof. Marshall Bierson

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Marshall Bierson explores Aquinas's and Anscombe's moral absolutes, particularly concerning theft, arguing that in cases of extreme need, taking...

Making Up What is Lacking: Disability and Suffering in Christ's Body, the Church | Prof. Paul Gondreau

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Paul Gondreau reflects on the profound meaning of suffering, disability, and human frailty in light of Christ’s redemptive suffering, emphasiz...

Ectogenesis: Transhumanism, The Brave New World, and the Attack on Transcendentals | Prof. Stephen Meredith

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Stephen Meredith explores the essence of being human through the lens of Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy, contrasting it with biological a...

Can Machines be People, Too? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Anselm Ramelow critically examines whether artificial intelligence can achieve personhood, arguing that machines lack the essential qualities of b...

Reconciling the Image of God with the Scientific Image of Human Persons | Dr. Daniel De Haan

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Daniel De Haan examines the interplay between philosophical, theological, and scientific images of human persons, emphasizing their complementarit...

Sharing in Divine Goodness by Grace | Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P.

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. John Mark Solitario explores the transformative power of grace offered by Christ, emphasizing the perfection of charity and voluntary poverty as a...

What Exactly Is the Hypostatic Union? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Dominic Legge explores the intricacies of the hypostatic union, focusing on Aquinas's understanding of how the divine and human natures are united...

The Life-Giving Appropriation of the Flesh: St. Cyril of Alexandria on the Unity of Christ | Prof. Paul Gavrilyuk

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Paul Gavrilyuk explores Cyril of Alexandria's Christology as a sustained meditation on majesty and lowliness, driven by the desire to probe ...

Nicene Existential Theology: Then and Now | Fr. Khaled Anatolios

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Khaled Anatolios argues that the Nicene Council and its doctrine of creation from nothing entail a comprehensive understanding of Christian existe...

Understanding the Human Person as Imago Dei: A Biblical Perspective | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Jordan Schmidt explores the concept of humans being created in God's image and likeness (Imago Dei) from a biblical perspective, particularly focu...

Peripatetic Therapy: Taking Seriously Aristotle's World and the Role of Contemplation in It | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on February 9th, 2024, at Dominican House of Studies.The speaker requests that anyone interested in a summary of this talk list...

Sacred Study: Loving God with Your Mind | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, OP

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy explores the meaning of loving God with all our minds, drawing from St. Thomas Aquinas's interpretation of the greatest commandme...

Study and the Spiritual Life: Crucifixion of the Desk? | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on November 15th, 2023, at Dominican House of Studies.The speaker requests that anyone interested in a summary of this talk lis...

The Nature and Significance of Contemplation According to Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Rik Van Nieuwenhove explores Thomas Aquinas's concept of contemplation, emphasizing its intellective nature, self-transcendent character, an...

Prayer and the Presence of God | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Ambrose Little explores the concept of praying always and becoming aware of God's constant presence in our lives, discussing biblical exhortations...

Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Francis Beckwith

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Francis Beckwith explores the arguments for moral relativism, particularly the argument from disagreement and the argument from tolerance, and o...

How Should Faithful Catholics Respond To Problems In Magisterial Teaching? | Prof. Michael Sirilla

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Sirilla explains how faithful Catholics should approach problematic magisterial teaching with a disposition of respect while recognizing...

What's Wrong with Moral Relativism? | Prof. Francis Beckwith

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Francis Beckwith discusses moral relativism, presenting arguments for and against it, while emphasizing the importance of objective morality in ...

On the Justice of Creation | Prof. John O'Callaghan

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. John O'Callaghan discusses Aquinas's perspective on divine justice in the act of creation, emphasizing that it is primarily an act of justice of...

Forgiveness: An Examination of Justice and Mercy from the Perspective of the Victim | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses justice as a virtue that enables us to render to others what is due to them, exploring its characteristics of otherness, eq...

Evil and Vice in Entertainment | Dr. John Haldane

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Haldane examines the themes of evil and vice as portrayed in film and entertainment, utilizing philosophical concepts and specific examples l...

The Christian Tradition on the Virtue of Prudence | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the virtue of prudence as practical wisdom, emphasizing its role in navigating human limitations, ordering practical life, a...

Disease and the Problem of Evil | Prof. Stephen C. Meredith

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Stephen Meredith explores the problem of evil, particularly in the context of disease, examining philosophical and theological perspectives,...

Put Away Falsehood | Prof. Adam Eitel

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Adam Eitel explores Thomas Aquinas's treatment of truthfulness and falsehood, discussing different types of lies, their motivations, and how...

God and Suffering: How Could God Allow Evil? | Rev. Thomas Petri O.P.

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Thomas Petri explicates St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of God as ipsum esse subsistens (being itself), the source of all existence and goodnes...

The Benedict Option: What Is It and Would Aquinas Advise Us to Embrace It? | Prof. Michael Krom

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Michael Krom evaluates the modern "Benedict Option" as a proposed Christian response to cultural decline, contrasting it with Saint Benedict...

The Right Answers of Ethics | Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman presents a philosophical exploration of ethics, drawing on Anscombe, Aristotle, and Aquinas to argue for moral absolutes groun...

Going for Glory: Seeking Honor Rightly | Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P.

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Dominic Verner explores Aquinas' definition of honor as reverence exhibited in testimony to someone's excellence, explaining its importance for pe...

The Wrong Questions of Modern Action Theory | Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman analyzes the flaws in modern action theory, using Wittgenstein and Anscombe to argue against seeking intention in either physi...

Go and Do Likewise:The Saints as Models for Growth in Virtue | Prof. Michael Wahl

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Michael Wahl discusses the Catholic Church's position on abortion, emphasizing the importance of both scientific and philosophical arguments...

Do Trees Have Souls? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Hochschild explores the question of whether trees have souls through the lens of Aristotelian biology, emphasizing the importance of empiric...

Do You Have a Soul? Are You Just a Cloud of Atoms? | Prof. Alexander Pruss

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Pruss presents arguments against physicalist theories of mind, explores the challenges to biologism and functionalism, and discusses the pos...

Neurobiology, Human Embodiment, and the Concept of Soul | Prof. William Hurlbut

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor William Hurlbut explores the relationship between neurobiology and the concept of the soul, examining the reductive scientific approach to l...

Evolution and the Soul | Prof. Christopher Baglow

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Christopher Baglow explores the compatibility of evolutionary science with Catholic faith, focusing on the role of chance and divine provide...

Lent is for Lovers | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer connects the themes of Lent and love, explaining how God's sacrificial love, as revealed in Christ, calls us to a deeper, more authen...

The Art of Dating | Prof. Michael Foley

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Michael Foley discusses dating as an art, addressing the challenges posed by the sexual revolution and social media, and offering advice for...

Marriage as Natural Community | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Joshua Hochschild connects Theology of the Body with Aristotelian philosophy, arguing that it supports the concept of marriage as a natural ...

Affairs of the Heart: The Ethical Significance of Anger | Prof. Jennifer Herdt

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Jennifer Herdt examines the cognitive dimensions and ethical significance of anger, distinguishing human anger, linked to justice and reason...

An Historical Overview: The Growth of Marriage as Avenue of Holiness | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Thomas Petri provides a historical overview of the evolving understanding of marriage as a path to holiness within the Catholic Church, set agains...

Cosmological Apologetics: For and Against Creation | Prof. William E. Carroll

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does the Big Bang prove God? In this lecture, Prof. William E. Carroll explores how cosmological arguments for and against a creator often get it wron...

How the Sacraments Can Change Your Life w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What role do the sacraments play in human flourishing? Why do we need them? How can they change your life? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101,...

Aquinas's Shortest Way to God’s Existence, and How Darwinism Fits Within It | Fr. Stephen Brock

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Stephen Brock explains Aquinas's Fifth Way, focusing on the governance of things and how natural bodies without cognition display goal-oriented ac...

Is Atheism Rational? | Prof. John O'Callaghan

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor John O'Callaghan argues that atheism is not inherently irrational, exploring its varied historical meanings and proposing that, while not ne...

More than Spiritual: Proofs for the Existence of God | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Joshua Hochschild argues that Aquinas' proofs for God's existence, specifically the first way, are simple, accessible, and not merely spirit...

Divine Causality and Human Freedom | Prof. W. Matthews Grant

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor W. Matthews Grant examines the traditional Christian doctrine of divine universal causality, exploring how God can be the cause of all thing...

God's Response to the Problem of Evil | Dr. Medi Volpe

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Medi Volpe explores God's response to the problem of evil by contrasting modern theodicy against the approach of early Christians, emphasizing the...

Creation: Mercy Beyond Justice | Prof. John O'Callaghan

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor John O'Callaghan delves into St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of God's mercy in creation, addressing the apparent paradox of extending mer...

God's Justice According to St. Thomas' Reading of the Apostle Paul | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer explores St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of God's Justice as revealed in the Gospel and the writings of St. Paul, emphasizing its ...

God's Mercy According to St. Thomas' Reading of the Apostle Paul | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer explores St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of God's mercy in the writings of St. Paul, paying particular attention to Mercy's relati...

Catholic Feminism | Erika Bachiochi

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Erika Bachiochi discusses Catholic feminism, her encounter with St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body and her subsequent intellectu...

True Courage: On Facing Death with Fortitude | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses the virtue of courage, exploring its complexities, its relationship to the passions, and its importance in living a complet...

What is the Separated Human Soul? Incomplete Person, Survivalism or Corruptionism | Prof. Daniel De Haan

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Daniel De Haan explores the Thomistic debate surrounding the nature of the separated human soul after death, contrasting survivalism, corrup...

What Happens After Death? | Prof. Jeffrey Brower

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Jeffrey Brower explores Aquinas's view of human nature, contrasting it with materialism and substance dualism, focusing on the relationship ...