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March 28, 2023

How to Have Hope in Times of Darkness #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

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March 24, 2023

God, Creation, and the Act of Existence | Prof. Gaven Kerr

⭐️ 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 "The act of existence is the unifying theme in Aquinas' metaphysics. If you're trying to understand his metaphysics — understand the act of existence. Understand what he means…

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March 23, 2023

Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Mary Eberstadt

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March 20, 2023

How St. Thomas Aquinas' Second Way for Proving the Existence of God Works (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 do we know that God exists? Can we know him by reason alone? In this episode of Aquinas 101: How St. Thomas Aquinas' Second Way for Proving…

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March 17, 2023

Humanity's Original State | Prof. Reinhard Hütter (2023 Aquinas Lecture)

⭐️ 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 January 27, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., for the annual Aquinas Lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas.…

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March 13, 2023

Are Catholic Sacraments Really in the Bible? (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 Are the seven Catholic Sacraments found in the Bible? In this episode of Aquinas 101: Are the Sacraments Biblical, join Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., a Dominican friar from…

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March 10, 2023

Theology of the Body: An Overview | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

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March 9, 2023

Does Tradition 'Develop' Over Time? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Lewis Ayres

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March 6, 2023

What's Wrong With St. Thomas Aquinas' First Proof for the Existence of God? (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 Does God exist? Where's the proof? This is one of the great questions, and St. Thomas Aquinas takes it head on with his famous “Five Ways” or “Five…

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March 3, 2023

Who Do You Say That I Am? Liturgy and the Meaning of Life | Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

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Feb. 27, 2023

Can Something Be Evil But Not Sinful? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 today to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Can something be evil but not sinful? What's the difference between evil and sin? How can do 'do' evil, if evil is a privation, according to St. Thomas Aquinas? Big…

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Feb. 23, 2023

Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. James Madden

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Feb. 20, 2023

Can Sinners Administer the Sacraments? Can Angels? (Aquinas 101)

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Feb. 13, 2023

St. Thomas Aquinas' Favorite Argument for the Existence of God (Aquinas 101)

🎥, Keep the Aquinas 101 cameras rolling! Donate $5 today: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Does God exist? Where's the proof? This is one of the great questions, and St. Thomas Aquinas takes it head on with his famous “Five Ways” or “Five Proofs” for the existence of God. So, what was St. Thomas'…

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Feb. 9, 2023

Can Philosophy Prepare You for Death? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

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Feb. 6, 2023

What Really Goes Into a Sacrament? (Aquinas 101)

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Jan. 30, 2023

Does Jesus Know What Pizza Tastes Like? #AskAFriar (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 What's the difference between sense knowledge and intellectual knowledge? Does Jesus know what pizza tastes like, since it was not available in 1st century Palestine? If so, how? Big questions like…

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Jan. 26, 2023

Can One Have Productive Conversations About Abortion? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine O.P. & Prof. Angela Knobel

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Jan. 23, 2023

What Would It Mean to 'Prove' God Exists? (Aquinas 101)

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Jan. 16, 2023

How Do Sacraments Cause Grace? (Aquinas 101)

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Jan. 12, 2023

Why Is the Church Separate from the State? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. Russell Hittinger

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Dec. 29, 2022

Religious Freedom and the American Founding w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Phillip Muñoz

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Dec. 22, 2022

How Aquinas 101 Changed My Life

⭐️ 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 We asked Aquinas 101 viewers from around the world about how the Aquinas 101 videos have impacted them. This is what they said -- and we are grateful…

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Dec. 20, 2022

What is the Epiphany? (Aquinas 101)

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