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Nov. 11, 2021

The Search for Wisdom and the Light of Christ | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 "God illuminates the intellect through faith, this is the best instruction. It is a greater thing that a man have a modicum of faith than to know everything that all of…

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Nov. 8, 2021

Catholic Scientists Throughout History w/ Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Can scientists believe in God? Is it possible for a Catholic priest to also engage in serious scientific research? Prof. Jonathan Lunine, planetary scientist and astronomy department chair at Cornell University,…

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Nov. 4, 2021

Truth As Transcendental: Ontological Foundations | Dr. Edward Feser

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 "Truth in either sense [that is, logical and ontological], has to do with the relationship between being and intellect, but the direction of the relationship is different in each case. Logical…

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Nov. 1, 2021

Georges Lemaître: The Priest Who Discovered the Big Bang w/ Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Did you know that Georges Lemaître, the scientist who discovered the big bang theory, was a Catholic priest? Prof. Jonathan Lunine, a professor from Cornell University, shares the little-known story of…

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Oct. 28, 2021

LIVESTREAM - Understanding Seeking Faith: Mortimer Adler's Correspondence with Charles de Koninck

LIVESTREAM - Understanding Seeking Faith: Mortimer Adler's Correspondence with Charles de Koninck A lecture by Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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Oct. 25, 2021

Catholic Origins of the Big Bang Theory w/ Prof. Karin Öberg (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Does the big bang theory disprove God? Is the big bang theory compatible with the Catholic understanding of creation? Prof. Karin Öberg, an astronomy professor from Harvard University, explains. The key…

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Oct. 21, 2021

The Priest as a Giver of the Spirit | Fr Philip Neri Reese, O.P.

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 This lecture was delivered by Fr. Philip Neri Reese, O.P. as his third and final lecture at the Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat for Priests, ""The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching,…

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Oct. 18, 2021

Does the Big Bang Prove God Created the Universe? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Does the big bang theory prove the existence of God? When did the universe really begin? How does faith fit into the equation? Fr. Thomas Davenport, a physicist and Dominican friar…

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Oct. 14, 2021

Is Belief in God Rational? | Prof. Michael Gorman

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Oct. 13, 2021

LIVESTREAM - Human Sensation in Galileo and Aquinas: Is Cognition Strictly Material?

LIVESTREAM - Human Sensation in Galileo and Aquinas: Is Cognition Strictly Material? A lecture by Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P. Handout 1: https://tinyurl.com/u7jvns3v Handout 2: https://tinyurl.com/jwv3yw About the Lecture: In the chapter devoted to “Copuscularianism,’ in his Assayer, Galileo describes human sensibility in terms of the four physical elements of the…

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Oct. 11, 2021

The Darkness of Faith and the Mind's Encounter with God (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 If faith is a light, why does it leave our minds in obscurity – or even in darkness? The Darkness of Faith and the Mind's Encounter with God (Aquinas 101) -…

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Oct. 7, 2021

The City As Eschaton And Sacrament | Prof. Philip Bess

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Oct. 4, 2021

The Light of Reason vs. the Light of Faith (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Some people think that only the light of reason, or only science, can be trusted in the search for truth. Some have claimed that religion, or even faith itself, involves a…

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Sept. 30, 2021

LIVESTREAM - The Dignity and Holiness of St. Joseph

LIVESTREAM - The Dignity and Holiness of St. Joseph A lecture by Prof. Gregory LaNave Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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Sept. 30, 2021

Christ Crucified: Incarnational Beauty and the Spiritual Life | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P.

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 This is the final lecture of a three-part lecture series by Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. delivered on June 16, 2021 as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship "Art, Meaning, &…

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Sept. 27, 2021

Does God Speak Through Signs? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Is it reasonable to believe in God because of supernatural signs? Catholicism says yes: many signs confirm that God himself has revealed the mysteries of faith spelled out in the articles…

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Sept. 21, 2021

Faith and Evidence (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Is there sufficient evidence to believe in the mysteries of the Christian faith? What we believe is no lie, legend, or lunacy. Faith & Evidence (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent,…

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Sept. 13, 2021

Preambles to Faith and Theology of Miracles (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Is it ever reasonable to believe in claims of divine revelation or appeals to divine authority? Preambles to Faith and Theology of Miracles (Aquinas 101) - Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.…

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Sept. 7, 2021

Are Miracles Possible According to Science? w/ Prof. Karin Öberg (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Miracles are at the heart of the Christian faith. Miracles are also often at the heart of disputes between science and religion. Are Miracles Possible According to Science? (Aquinas 101) -…

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Aug. 23, 2021

Is It Reasonable to Believe in Miracles? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 With respect to natural causes alone, miracles are improbable or even impossible. But with respect to God, miracles in general are probable given his intentions to work them. Those intentions are…

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Aug. 9, 2021

How to Solve Apparent Contradictions of Faith and Reason with Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 As John Henry Newman said, ten thousand difficulties do not make for one doubt. One way to understand the Summa theologiae is to say that Thomas Aquinas provides us not only…

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Aug. 5, 2021

Household as Key to the Greater Common Good | Prof. John Cuddeback

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 To praise Job even more the discipline of his house is described next, which was free from those vices which wealth usually produces. For very often great wealth in fact produces…

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July 26, 2021

Seven Ways Faith and Reason Work Together (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Faith does not frustrate reason. They are in harmony, which can be spelled out in seven principles. Harmony of Faith and Reason: Seven Principles (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent For…

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July 22, 2021

The Sum Total of Our Disagreements: The Common Good and Liberal Governance | Prof. Joseph Capizzi

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