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July 21, 2023

It's My Right: Understanding Natural Rights and the Purpose of Politics | Fr. Dominic Legge

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July 18, 2023

Why is the Fourth Way the LEAST Popular of St. Thomas' Five Ways? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 How does St. Thomas' Fourth Way prove the existence of God through gradations of being? Why is this argument thought to be the least popular of St. Thomas…

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July 14, 2023

The Catholic Vision Of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings | Prof. Paul Gondreau

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 This talk was given on March 14th, 2023 at Brown University. Speaker Bio: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing…

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July 13, 2023

St. Augustine and the Virtue of Humility w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Mary Keys

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Mary Keys about her latest Thomistic Institute, "Seeking Peace…

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July 10, 2023

How Baptism Changes You (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 What are the effects of baptism? How does the sacrament of baptism change you? In this episode of Aquinas 101: The Five Ways, join Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.,…

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July 7, 2023

St. Thomas Aquinas on Love in the Incarnation of God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 This lecture was given on March 8th, 2023, at West Virginia University. Speaker Bio: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a…

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July 3, 2023

The Third Way: How St. Thomas Argues for God’s Existence From Contingency (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 What is the difference between necessary and possible beings? How does St. Thomas' third way prove the existence of God from the effect of "possible beings"? In this…

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June 26, 2023

Why Did Friars Have THAT Haircut? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 In sacred art, medieval Dominican friars are typically depicted with a ringed haircut. Why did friars and monks have that haircut? Why did friars shave their heads? Was…

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June 23, 2023

The Glory of Leadership: The Magnanimity and Humility of Jesus as Leader | Captain Joseph McInerney

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June 19, 2023

The Third Way: Another Take On The Argument (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Enjoying Aquinas 101? Donate $5 now to keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 What is the difference between necessary and possible beings? How does St. Thomas' third way prove the existence of God from the effect of "possible beings"?…

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June 16, 2023

Christology in Literature | Dr. Justin Jackson

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June 12, 2023

Answering Common Questions About Baptism (Aquinas 101)

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June 9, 2023

Faith and the Priesthood Today | Archbishop Timothy Broglio

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June 5, 2023

St. Thomas' Third Way: You Didn't Have To Exist—But You Do! (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Enjoying Aquinas 101? Donate $5 now to keep these videos FREE for everyone! You can pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Why does anything exist at all? How does St. Thomas' third way prove the existence of God from the effect of "possible beings"? In this episode…

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June 2, 2023

Affliction, Sorrow, and Human Flourishing | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

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June 1, 2023

What Natural Rights Do I have? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. V. Bradley Lewis

⭐️ Enjoyed this video? Pay it forward with a $5 donation: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. V. Bradley Lewis about his latest Thomistic Institute, "It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do…

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May 29, 2023

How OLD Will We Be in Heaven? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

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May 26, 2023

The Trouble with AI: It’s Not What You Think! | Prof. James Madden

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May 22, 2023

How St. Thomas Proves God's Existence Through Efficient Causality (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Enjoyed this video? Pay it forward with a $5 donation: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 How does the argument of St. Thomas Aquinas' second way for proving the existence of God work? How does St. Thomas Aquinas prove the existence of God through efficient causality? In this episode of Aquinas 101: How to…

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May 19, 2023

Thomistic Philosophy as a Remedy for Today's Crisis of Faith | Prof. Francis Beckwith

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May 18, 2023

How Does Christ Save Us? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Ross McCullough

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May 15, 2023

What Is Baptism? (Aquinas 101)

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May 12, 2023

Why is Creation So Central in Early Christian Teaching? | Prof. Lewis Ayres

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April 28, 2023

Classical and Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Prof. Michael Gorman

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