The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.
Recent Episodes
April 25, 2025
John Henry Newman's Conception of the Development of Doctrine | Prof. Chad Pecknold
This lecture was given on April 25th, 2024, at Hillsdale College.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Dr. Chad C. Pecknold earned his PhD in Systematic Theology at the Univers...
April 24, 2025
Do We Need Marian Apparitions? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
This lecture was given on April 25th, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. is an adjunct professor of dogmatic theology ...
April 23, 2025
Nicaea’s ‘Christological surplus, or, How to remember the creed’ | Prof. Lewis Ayres
Prof. Lewis Ayres examines how the Nicene Creed functions as a generative and interpretive “cipher” within Christian tradition, tracing its roots to the adaptation of Second Temple Jewish imaginative worlds and the development of early rules of fai...
April 22, 2025
The Beauty of the Catholic Sacramental View | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P.
This lecture was given on November 18th, 2024, at University of Michigan.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, OP is member of the Dominican Sisters...
April 21, 2025
Hope: The Pilgrim's Virtue | Prof. Michael Wahl
This lecture was given on February 29th, 2024, at Cornell University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Dr. Michael Wahl is Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence Col...
April 18, 2025
What Has the Historical Jesus to Do with the Church's Christ? | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P.
Fr. Isaac Morales explores the relationship between the historical Jesus and Church's knowledge of Jesus, cautioning against relying too heavily on ever-changing historical reconstructions while emphasizing recurrent themes to discover the authenti...
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