Sacred Liturgy Conference in Medford, Oregon with Card. Burke (July 12-15, 2017)
Join me, along with Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Sample, Bishop Vasa, Fr. Saguto, FSSP and other presenters for a three-day immersion in the Church’s sacred liturgy and its living musical heritage,...
View ArticleQuaeritur: What is the Importance of Hypothetical Christological Questions?
Quaeritur: I'm reading the first few questions of the IIIa Pars, and it seems many of these questions are on hypothetical scenarios having to do with whether God could have assumed human nature in...
View Article2017 Sacred Liturgy Conference
New video ad for the 2017 Sacred Liturgy Conference Medford, Oregon (July 12-15): Join me, along with Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Sample, Bishop Vasa, Fr. Saguto, FSSP and other presenters for a...
View ArticleAquinas: We Can't Know Perfectly Even the Nature of a Single Fly (and Related...
St. Thomas famously says that we cannot naturally know what God is directly as He is in Himself, but only what He is not, and only through His effects, etc. This is a commonplace in discussions among...
View ArticleChristianize your Greek Pronunciation: Say Your Greek Prayers the Traditional...
As is well known, Ecclesiastical Latin has its own pronunciation--or family of pronunciations, if we include regional variants, the prevailing one being the italianate pronunciation. This...
View ArticleSt. Thomas: We Catholics Do Adore Images
Adapted from Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo, "Aquinas’ Reception of John of Damascus’ Philosophy of Religious Worship," (forthcoming). You can download the original paper (draft) from my...
View ArticleNew Downloadable PDF Collection (External Links)
Downloadable PDFs (External Links) As of late, I have been searching the internet for downloadable PDFs of works relevant to Thomism and to pretty much anything else related to traditional Catholic...
View ArticleNew Book: John of St. Thomas, The Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Cluny Media, 2016)
John of St. Thomas, O.P., The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, with an introduction by Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016), xiv + 403pp. To my joy and amazement, Cluny Media just recently...
View ArticleFree PDFs of Doronzo and Jesuit BAC Manuals!!!
Below are some links for you to download free ITOPL files of tremendously valuable manuals of dogmatic theology published in the 1940s and 50s. These works (among others) represent the most advanced...
View ArticleThe Uses of Reason in Theology
The view that St. Thomas should be our model for our understanding of the relationship between faith and reason is a commonplace in Thomistic studies and in Catholic philosophy and theology in...
View ArticleGarrigou-Lagrange on the Three Stages of Maturity in a Theologian's Career
From Garrigou-Lagrange, The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life, preface: This book is intended to be an exposition of the principal theses of Mariology in their bearing on our interior life....
View ArticleSt. Thomas: Logic is Not a Science
It is a rather common position among Thomistic scholars to consider logic as a science. And St. Thomas in fact often calls it scientia rationalis in several texts. However, I would argue that this...
View ArticlePohle-Preuss Dogmatic Theology (12 vols.) in PDF
For your convenience, here are links to download all twelve of Joseph Pohle's Dogmatic Theology (1911–1920, edited by Arthur Preuss): God: His Knowability, Essence, and Attributes The Divine Trinity:...
View ArticleQuaeritur: Is the Hypostatic Union an Accidental Union of Natures?
Quaeritur: I have a question regarding the union of the Divine and human natures in the one Person of Christ. Is the union of the two natures in the one Person of Christ merely accidental or is it an...
View ArticleQuaeritur: Logical Vocabulary in St. Thomas' Christology
Quaeritur: In St. Thomas' Christology, I have found some logical terminology that I do not understand, especially the terms "to predicate" and "reduplication." Would you please define the following...
View ArticleQuaeritur: Why the Lack of Feminine Language in Reference to the Trinity?
Quaeritur: I am reading St. Thomas' treatise on the Trinity (Summa theologiae, Ia Pars, qq. 27-43). I am trying to understand more about the Trinity, how the Persons relate to one another, and how we...
View ArticleGod is Dead
The Dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna c.1480 Holy Saturday is that day of the year that I cannot help but think of the deep theological irony involved in Nietzsche's infamos phrase. "God is dead" is...
View ArticleQuaeritur: How are Trinitarian Processions Compatible with Divine...
Quaeritur: In Summa theologiae Ia, q.27, Aquinas explains in great detail what is going on inside the Trinity. The two internal processions: the Father generates the Son. The Father and the Son...
View ArticleQuaeritur: Doesn't the Necessity of Baptism Imply a Miopic View of Salvation?
Quaeritur: The dogma that there is no salvation without baptism bothers me. Can't God work outside our little theological box? It seems miopic and close minded to think that God is bound by the...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Analogy in St. Thomas' Theology
One common problem among experienced by beginners in theology, especially those who have a more analytical mind but who have no previous theological training, is that they do not understand or know...
View ArticleSt. Thomas on Peter Lombard's Error of Positing Two Hypostases/Supposits in...
In the Tertia Pars of the Summa Theologiae, St. Thomas seems to be particularly concerned about the Nestorian-like error of some of his contemporaries and recent predecessors---among them Peter...
View ArticleSt. Thomas' Christology: Synthesis of De Deo Uno et Trino and De Homine
If you are a Thomistic philosopher without formal theological training, odds are you have not had a chance to study St. Thomas' IIIa Pars at any depth. At best, as part of our Thomistic philosophical...
View ArticleQuaeritur: Are "Will" and "Free Will" Synonymous in St. Thomas?
Quaeritur: What is the difference between "will" and "free will"? Looking at the Latin text in the Summa I notice that where Thomas is translated as “free will” the original Latin uses the term...
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