Intellectual Conservatism

Suan Sonna, Director of Apologetics for the Diocese of Bridgeport, teaches his first class on Good vs. Bad Apologetics.

Robert C. Koons and Christopher Tomaszewski discuss whether we are still persons after death. Rob says "Yes" and Chris says "No."

Stephen Boyce gives the case that Origen can possibly still be made a saint by the Catholic Church.

Stephen Boyce talks about his journey from Anglicanism to Catholicism. 

Jon D. Levenson, professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University, discusses the Bible, Sola Scriptura, and Biblical Theology from a Jewish perspective warm towards Catholicism.

Suan Sonna gives a deep, moving talk about how to evangelize a secular and disenchanted world.

Isaac Hess reviews Joe Heschmeyer's (Catholic) debate with Jacob Hansen (Mormon), providing a formidable but good faith critiquie of Mormonism. 

Suan Sonna talks about how anti-Catholicism helped Catholicism grow in the Western world. 

Matthew K. Minerd continues exploring the depths of Journet's ecclesiology.

Matthew K. Minerd lays the groundwork for understanding Journet's ecclesiology. 

I ask my top questions on Matthew to the world's leading scholar on the Gospel of Matthew.

Suan Sonna gives his case that there was a higher Mariology in early Christianity than expected if Protestantism were true. 

Kyle King (Orthodox, former Catholic) and Ben Bollinger (Catholic, former Orthodox) debate whether clerical celibacy as practiced by Latin Catholics has a stronger basis in antiquity than the Eastern Catholic/Orthodox practice. 

Fr. Brian Dunkle, SJ, a world-renowned Patristics expert talks about the First Council of Nicaea.

Eminent theologian Robert Fastiggi and Suan Sonna discuss the Catholic Church's teachings on the death penalty. 

Dave Armstrong presents five Bible verses that are hard to reconcile with Protestantism. 

Matthew J. Thomas reconstructs the early succession from Peter in Rome. 

Suan summarizes his recent research on icons, including new second century evidence, and how to find the weaknesses in Gavin Ortlund's case against images. 

The "dream team", Erick Ybarra, Ben Bollinger, and Elijah Yasi respond to Seraphim Hamilton's case for Eastern Orthodoxy.

Hassan Ahmad and Suan Sonna discuss whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

Philosopher John Skalko discusses how one's belief (or lack thereof) in the afterlife might influence their stance on assisted suicide. 

Pat Flynn and Daniel Vecchio permanently put the logical problem of evil to rest. 

Profs. Grant and Tomaszewski discuss God's universal causality and human free will. Along the way, Prof. Tomaszewski questions whether some form of theological determinism best accords with Catholic dogmatic theology. 

New Testament scholar Dale C. Allison Jr. discusses an alleged appearance of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt which he considers the best documented miracle in history. 

William Albrëcht, David Száraz, Gary Michuta respond to Gavin Ortlund on whether St. Jerome eventually accepted the Roman Catholic Old Testament. 

Suan Sonna argues against Gavin Ortlund that not only is "a fallible list of infallible books" a disaster but that a case can be made from the canon to the infallibility of the Church on at least one occassion. 

British Catholic Apologist Peter D. Williams argues that Protestants don't have the resources within their own system to justify any knowledge claim of the biblical canon.

Suan Sonna (Roman Catholic - Infernalist) and Hunter Coates (Eastern Orthodox - Univeralist) talk about Hunter's new book in defense of universalism "Grace Abounds: A Holistic Case for Universal Salvation". 

Catholic Answers Apologist Dr. Karlo Broussard defends the practice of venerating and praying to saints. 

Suan Sonna lectures on Pope Benedict's approach to biblical studies. 

Catholic theologian Matthew J. Ramage compares the approaches of Bart Ehrman and Pope Benedict XVI with respect to the study of Sacred Scripture. Along the way, Ramage discusses the Catholic Church's relationship to Biblical scholarship. 

Erick Ybarra and Daniel Vecchio debate about Pope Francis' comments in Singapore about world religions. 

Isaac Hess, an ex-Mormon convert to Catholicism, critiques the presenation of Mormon apologist Jacob Hansen on Pints with Aquinas. 

Philosopher Gregory Stacey addresses Protestant and Orthodox objections to purgatory from a philosophical-theological perspective. 

Kipp Davis argues that the Conquest of Canaan did not happen as described in the Hebrew Bible. 

Kipp Davis explains the meaning of the Conquest of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible. 

Catholic philosophers Tyler McNabb and Gregory Stacey philosophically scrutinize the confidence of certain Protestants in sola scriptura. 

Catholic philosopher Tyler McNabb addresses concerns over Pope Francis' comments in Singapore about whether all religions are paths to God. 

Catholic theologian Matthew Ramage and Suan Sonna tackle the reality and specifics of the dark passages of the Bible, bringing along St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Benedict XVI as guides. 

Suan and Gideon discuss the relationship between the literal sense of scripture, the human and divine authorial intent, and Catholic doctrine. They closely discuss the issue of slavery in the Bible, clarifying and assessing Suan's position. 

Suan discusses a possible theological reading of scripture that explains why God allowed for slavery passages in the Bible. Rather than denying that slavery is intrinsically evil or affirming that the Bible is errant, Suan finds a different avenue using resources only available to a Roman Catholic theologian. 

Fr. Gregory Pine, OP explains how exactly Catholics venerate the blessed Virgin Mary without falling down the slippery slopes Protestants fear. 

Thomas Farrar continues his case against Edward Fudge's arguments for annihilationism. Last time he covered the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature. He now addresses the conception of hell in the New Testament. 

Thomas Farrar argues against Edward Fudge's case for annihilationism from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. 

Yale professor emeritus Harold W. Attridge discusses a class he, as a Roman Catholic New Testament scholar, taught at Yale about Catholics and the Bible. 

New Testament scholar Jason Staples argues that Paul saw Gentile inclusion as part of the restoration of the northern kingdom Israel. 

Dr. Michael Barber debunks some popular misconceptions about ancient Judaism and early Christianity. 

Joe Heschmeyer debunks some popular myths about the Protestant Reformation.

Fr. John Ramsey (Orthodox) and William Albrecht (Catholic) debate the doctrine of original sin. 

Suan Sonna reviews a dialogue on slavery in the Bible. 

Suan Sonna presents two new arguments against Sola Scriptura, the Problem of Slavery and the Checks and Balances argument.