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May 5, 2025

Why Does Confirmation Matter? The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Aquinas 101)

Why does Confirmation matter? In the Catholic Church, the sacrament of Confirmation is far more than a rite of passage — it’s a powerful encounter with the Gift of the Holy Spirit. Just as the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles at Pentecost, so too does He come to each…

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May 1, 2025

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

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April 25, 2025

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

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April 21, 2025

Do We Receive the Same Eucharist the Apostles Did at the Last Supper? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

O​​​​​n Holy Thursday, we commemorated the Last Supper: when Jesus Christ established the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the institution of the priesthood. But, do Catholics today receive exactly the same Eucharist that the Apostles did at the Last Supper, now that Jesus is risen and has a glorified…

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April 18, 2025

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

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April 14, 2025

The Powerful Grace of Confirmation (Aquinas 101)

The sacrament of Confirmation gives us grace and a share in the mystery of Pentecost. Through the sacrament of Confirmation, the same Holy Spirit who has comforted and guided the Catholic Church throughout the centuries is given to each of us in a personal way. In this sacrament, we receive…

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April 11, 2025

The fact that God exists is not an article of faith

⭐ Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and over 20,000 enrollees inside our FREE Aquinas 101 online learning platform! https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/register-youtube-a101. ❓ Questions you want answered? Make sure to put #AskAFriar in your comment! — SEND THE TRUTH TO THOUSANDS OF SOULS! — • Donate: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 — AQUINAS 101 — • Subscribe…

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April 11, 2025

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

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April 7, 2025

Is Belief in God Rational? (Aquinas 101)

Is belief in God rational? Is faith rational? Join Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., a Catholic priest and Dominican friar, as he explains why it's reasonable to believe in God's existence. He'll also explain what the preambles of faith, like St. Thomas Aquinas's five ways for proving God's existence, and…

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April 4, 2025

Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas | Prof. Marshall Bierson

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April 3, 2025

Sacramental Character of Confirmation

⭐ Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and over 20,000 enrollees inside our FREE Aquinas 101 online learning platform! https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/register-youtube-a101. ❓ Questions you want answered? Make sure to put #AskAFriar in your comment! — SEND THE TRUTH TO THOUSANDS OF SOULS! — • Donate: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 — AQUINAS 101 — • Subscribe…

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April 1, 2025

How Does Confirmation Prepare You to Witness to Christ? Sacramental Character (Aquinas 101)

If you're preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church, you need to know about the sacramental character of Confirmation, one of the sacraments of initiation in the Catholic church. As the sacrament of Christian maturity, the sacrament of Confirmation has a special sacramental character character in…

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March 28, 2025

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

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March 26, 2025

Confirmation and Chrism

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March 24, 2025

What Happens During the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church? (Aquinas 101)

Are you preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church and wondering what happens during Confirmation? Why are we anointed with chrism when we're confirmed? What's the meaning behind the laying on of hands during the ceremony, or rite? In our latest episode of Aquinas 101, join…

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March 20, 2025

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

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March 18, 2025

Effectiveness of Sacrament

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March 17, 2025

Is a Sacrament Still Valid If the Priest Doesn’t Believe? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

⭐ Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and over 20,000 enrollees inside our FREE Aquinas 101 online learning platform! https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/register-youtube-a101. Is the effectiveness of the sacraments dependent upon the personal holiness of the priest? What happens if a priest does not truly believe; are the sacraments he celebrates still valid? For…

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March 14, 2025

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

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March 11, 2025

Can You Prove God Exists Without the Bible? (Aquinas 101)

⭐ Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and over 20,000 enrollees inside our FREE Aquinas 101 online learning platform! https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/register-youtube-a101. St. Thomas Aquinas famously offers five proofs of God’s existence, commonly known as the Five Ways. In these proofs, St. Thomas surprisingly makes no appeal to the Bible in order to…

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March 7, 2025

Do Indulgences Matter? #history #aquinas101 #truth

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March 7, 2025

Evil and Vice in Entertainment | Dr. John Haldane

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March 4, 2025

The TRUTH About Indulgences and the Catholic Church (Aquinas 101)

⭐ Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and over 20,000 enrollees inside our FREE Aquinas 101 online learning platform! https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/register-youtube-a101. Did you know that the consequence of sin doesn't end in the confessional? While the Sacrament of Penance is a great gift that restores us to communion with God and opens…

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Feb. 28, 2025

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

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