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Dec. 16, 2021

The Church Fathers and Aquinas on Christ's Human Knowledge | 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 Aquinas' arguments for Christ's perfect human supernatural knowledge are set within three larger claims, or three larger overarching perspectives. First, that Christ is the Savior of the world by way of…

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Dec. 13, 2021

Is Nature Inherently Random? (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 nature inherently random, fundamentally disordered, and simply unintelligible? Or, can order arise from apparent randomness and chaos in the natural world? Where does God fit in? Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.,…

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Dec. 9, 2021

St. Thomas Aquinas On The Blessed Mother | Fr. Thomas Petri, 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 "When we think about the human race, we should not first think of Adam and Eve -- the first man and woman -- as the paradigm. The Blessed Mother is the…

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Dec. 6, 2021

Has the Universe Always Existed? (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 Has the universe always existed? Or, can we prove that it had a beginning? Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, breaks down St. Thomas…

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Dec. 2, 2021

LIVESTREAM - Christ: The Cause of our Joy

LIVESTREAM - Christ: The Cause of our Joy A lecture by Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies About the speaker Fr. John Baptist Ku was born in Manhattan and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T…

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Dec. 2, 2021

Infused Virtue and Growth in the Christian Moral Life | Prof. Angela Knobel

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 "We cannot live our Christian vocation to the full unless and until the new first principles given by faith pervade even our deliberation about the means. So long as we believe…

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Nov. 29, 2021

Yes, There is a Theory of Everything! (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 Yes, there is a theory of everything—but it may not be what you expect! Centuries before Dr. Stephen Hawking entered the field of theoretical physics, St. Thomas Aquinas put forth a…

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Nov. 22, 2021

Is There a Theory of Everything? (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 a theory of everything? Could theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking be correct? Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, explores whether or not…

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Nov. 18, 2021

The Middle Ages: Dark or Golden Age? | Prof. Brad Gregory

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 "The actual past — the actual lived human past — in every time and place (the middle ages is only one example), was almost always way more complex, messy and difficult…

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Nov. 15, 2021

Creation Isn't What You Think It Is! (Aquinas 101)

🎥, Keep the Aquinas 101 cameras rolling! Donate $5 today: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 What is creation? This is an important question, not only for faith, but also for philosophy and for science. Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, explains St. Thomas Aquinas's answer. What is…

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Nov. 11, 2021

Brides of Christ: Jesus' Discourses with Women in the Gospel of John

Brides of Christ: Jesus' Discourses with Women in the Gospel of John A lecture by Prof. Jody Lewis of the Dominican House of Studies About the Speaker: Professor Lewis works in the areas of the New Testament and Patristics. She teaches courses on the Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Writings, and Pauline…

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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

⭐️ 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 at Ashland University on September 20, 2021. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and…

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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

⭐️ 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 four-part lecture series by prof. Philip Bess delivered on June 16, 2021 as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship "Art, Meaning, & the…

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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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