Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Joey Belleza is joined by Alexander Masir, for a discussion of the solemnity of Corpus Christi.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.Music attribution: "Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3, 3 allegro" by Advent Chamber Orchestra. Acquired here. Edited for length. Used under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. 

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about liturgical commentaries, feminism, and original sin.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Elliot Polsky and Urban Hannon discuss three medieval theories of the meaning of the word "is," and what difference this makes to contemporary discussions of "esse."Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.For further reading:https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTMShttps://philpapers.org/rec/POLTMS-2https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTSO-22https://philpapers.org/rec/POLSORhttps://www.thomisticmetaphysics.com/ Music attribution: "Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3, 3 allegro" by Advent Chamber Orchestra. Acquired here. Edited for length. Used under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. 

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about moral manuals, eucharistic adoration, and hell.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Joey Belleza is joined by Fr. Clinton Sensat, of the Diocese of Lafayette, for a discussion on St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about human dignity, the sexual difference, and the value of modern philosophy.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Today on Sed Contra, SDP members Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Elliot Polsky, and Pater Edmund Waldstein discuss the modern turn to the subject, as well as its various philosophical, cultural, and religious implications.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about usury, Latin, and the Academy Awards.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitteras well.

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the beatific vision, Christ and the Trinity, and why theology does not divide into liberal and conservative.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about beauty, the transcendentals, where to start reading St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Italian virtue of *sprezzatura*.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

In this Sed Contra podcast episode, the discussion centers on the Beatitude of God. The episode is hosted by Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., who is a monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Stift Heiligenkreuz in Austria and an ordinary member of the Sacra Doctrina Project, with fellow ordinary SDP member Urban Hannon who is a seminarian of the FSSP and a doctoral student at the University of Fribourg, and special guest Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem., is a Norbertine Canon of the Abbey of St. Michaelin the Diocese of Orange, California. For those interested, Fr. Sebastian has published an academic article that focuses on the beatitude of God. See Walshe, Sebastian. "Beata Trinitas: The Beatitude of God as Prelude to the Trinitarian Processions." The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review 76, no. 2 (2012): 189-209. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tho.2012.0024.

On this the pilot episode of The Quodlibets, Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic introduce the new ask-us-anything podcast of the Sacra Doctrina Project, share their thirty-second life stories, and answer their colleagues' questions about study habits, literature, and Hans Urs von Balthasar.To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.Be sure to follow the Sacra Doctrina Project on Facebook and Twitter as well.

Links:Donum vitaehttps://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.htmlDignitas personaehttps://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20081208_dignitas-personae_en.html

Rev. Dr. Davison's recent book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/astrobiology-and-christian-doctrine/3F96E8C3EEA3B1C8832155BF261D4D31Link to Rev. Dr. Davison's chart from his book:https://www.sacradoctrinaproject.org/july-2024-alien-soteriologyorhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1XUXgYWBe3014TSQwsy6p1OFWG2AIH_zx/view?usp=sharingPoem reference: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_(Meynell,_1921)/Christ_in_the_Universe

In this extended episode of Sed Contra, Urban Hannon and Joey Belleza discuss the Most Holy Eucharist and in particular transubstantiation with careful attention to St. Thomas Aquinas' articulation of this doctrine in the Summa theologiae III, q. 75.

In this Sed Contra podcast episode, Why Should I Care About Balthasar, join Sacra Doctrina Project members Dr. Kevin Clarke and Mr. Daniel Drain and special guest Dr. Mark Spencer as they discuss the relevance and importance of the works of Hans Urs von Balthasar.

In this newest Sed Contra episode join Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, Dr. Matthew Minerd, and Dr. James W. Stroud discuss the Quest for the Historical St. Thomas Aquinas, its roots and its impact on Catholic philosophy and theology.

Dr. Matthew Minerd, Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., and Dr. Danny Garland discuss the life and work of Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B.

Dr. Kevin Clarke, Dr. Joseph Terry, and Dr. John Solheid discuss Maximus the Confessor and why Catholics should be familiar with his life and work.

Dr. Matthew Dugandzic, Dr. Taylor Patrick O'Neill, P. Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., and Dr. James Stroud discuss NFP, contraception, and the contraceptive mentality.

Dr. Matthew Dugandzic, Dr. Danny Garland, and Dr. Ryan Brady discuss the differences in Eucharistic piety among Roman and Byzantine Catholics. Includes an epilogue by Dr. Kevin Clarke.

The Nightmare Videos of Children's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w

Dr. James Stroud, Dr. John Macias, Dr. Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Fr. Dylan Schrader discuss Pope Francis's 2015 Encyclical Laudato si', on the care of our common home.

Dr. James Stroud and P. Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., discuss the watershed encyclical of St. John Paul II on moral theology, Veritatis splendor (The Splendor of Truth) as the Church approaches the thirtieth anniversary of its promulgation.

Dr. John Solheid and Dr. Kevin Clarke muse on Origen, apocatastasis, and the issues surrounding the issue with Fr. Dylan Schrader.

Thomas Davenport, OP, "Locating Heaven: Modern Science and the Place of Christ's Glorified Body," Nova et Vetera 20, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 93–114: https://stpaulcenter.com/05-nv-21-1-davenport/

Dr. Matthew Dugandzic and Dr. Ryan Brady discuss intrinsic evils.

Dr. Gaven Kerr discusses St. Thomas Aquinas's Fifth Way (from the governance of things) to demonstrate the existence of God.

Sacra Doctrina Project members discuss Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI and pay tribute to him at his passing from this life. May he rest in peace.

Taylor Patrick O'Neill:Christmas: Home AloneFamily Drama: There Will Be BloodPsychological Thriller: The ConversationForeign Language: The Seventh SealCatholic: Children of Men2022: The BatmanFr. Dylan Schrader:Christmas: Ben Hur (1959)Family Drama: Babette's FeastPsychological Thriller: eXistenZForeign Language: Pom PokoCatholic: The Reluctant Saint (Joseph of Cupertino)2022: Father StuUrban Hannon:Christmas: Catch Me If You CanFamily Drama: Ordinary PeoplePsychological Thriller: ZodiacForeign Language: ParasiteCatholic: In Bruges2022: TÁR

Doctors Matthew Dugandzic and Kevin Clarke discuss divine impassibility and related divine attributes (such as immutability) with Father Dylan Schrader.

Doctors Daniel Garland and Kevin Clarke discuss with Fr. Dylan Schrader why Christ isn't and can't be a human person.

In this special episode, Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, speaks about Chalcedonian Christology and the concept of pure nature. This was a keynote address given at the 2022 Sacra Doctrina Project annual conference.

In this special episode Dr. Patrick Gardner speaks about the infused moral virtues and the common good. This was a plenary address given at the 2022 Sacra Doctrina Project annual conference.

On the Land O'Lakes StatementThe original statement: “Statement on the Nature of the Contemporary Catholic University”Fr. John Jenkins, CSC, “The document that changed Catholic education forever”Dr. Michael McLean, “‘Academic Freedom' and the Tyranny of the Modern College Campus”Optionally, see also §III of “A Porposal for the Fulfillment of Catholic Liberal Education” the founding document of Thomas Aquinas CollegePatrick Reilly, “The Land O' Lakes Statement Has Caused Devastation For 49 Years”Church DocumentsPope Leo XIII, LibertasVatican II: Gravissimum EducationisOptionally, see Lamb & Levering, eds. The Reception of Vatican II, ch. 15, Paige E. Hochschild's commentary (file attached)Pope St. John Paul II: Ex Corde EcclesiaePope Benedict XVI: La Sapienza University speech of 2008This speech was cancelled due to faculty protests, evidently over use of quote in a 90's speech of Ratzinger's quoting Feyerabend contra Galileo here

Fr. Dylan Schrader and Dr. Daniel Garland discuss Thomas Aquinas and the Bible along with biblical theology and the historical critical method today.

Drs. Ryan Brady and Matthew Dugandzic are joined by the prolific author and translator, Dr. Matthew Minerd, to continue the discussion about theological manuals, including his recent translation of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange's De Revelatione.

Dr. Matthew Dugandzic and Dr. Ryan Brady discuss theological manuals and the manualist tradition. Why are they so often criticized, and are these criticisms fair? Were the manuals destructive of real theology, or is it time to revive them?

Fr. Dylan Schrader and Dr. Kevin Clarke discuss private revelation. How does a private revelation different from public revelation, and how are they related? Why should the Church bother with alleged private revelations? What criteria does the Church use to evaluate them? What are the possible dangers and fruits?

Against Heresies in the public domainDemonstration on the Apostolic Preaching, translated by Fr. John Behr.Pope Francis announces Irenaeus will be declared a doctor of the Church.

Fr. Dylan Schrader moderates a discussion among Matthew Dugandzic, William Diem, and Ryan Brady on the question of whether the perverted faculty argument can be used to produce sound moral judgments.

"Pope Francis says Mary is not the ‘co-redemptrix’"Garrigou-Lagrange, Mother of the Savior Charles De Koninck, "Ego Sapientia" "Vatican’s doctrinal office: Don’t promote alleged apparitions connected to ‘Lady of All Nations’ "Development of Doctrine: Revelation, Magisterium, and Human Reason"June 10-12, 2021| Rochester, NYAdditional Papers Requested. See link above for more details.  

Lexicon of Thomas Aquinasvocātio, ōnis, f., a calling, vocation on the part of God. Est autem exsecutio praedestinationis vocatio et magnificatio, PP. Q. 23. Art. 2 c; vocatio semper est temporalis, quia ponit adductionem quandam ad aliquid, 1 Sent. 41. 1. 2 ad 3; vocatio importat distantiam in eo, qui vocatur, 4 Sent. 17. 1. 1. 2 ob. 3; vocatio est duplex quaedam exterior, ut quae fit per praedicatorem; et haec non est iustificatio, sed disponit ad eam. quaedam vero interior. et haec quandoque quidem non pertingit ad finem suum ex vocati defectu, et haec vocatio nihil aliud est, quam aliquis instinctus vel motus ad bonum a Deo immissus, et haec etiam vocatio non est idem, quod iustificatio, sed via ad illam. quandoque autem pertingit ad finem, quando scilicet aliquis audit vocantem et venit ad Christum …; et haec vocatio idem est, quod iustificatio, secundum substantiam, sed differt ratione, quia vocatio dicitur, secundum quod per infusionem gratiae et auxilium homo a peccato retrahitur, sed iustificatio respicit terminum ad quem, scilicet praedictae rectitudinis statum, 4 Sent. 17. 1. 1. 2 c. Cf. PP. Q. 23. Art. 8; PS. Q. 98. Art. 4; PS. Q. 113. Art. 1 (ter); Is. 1 b; Eph. 1. 4 and 4. 1; et passim.Catholic Dictionary (1887):vocation. In its more restricted and special sense vocation is taken for that “disposition of Divine Providence” whereby persons are invited to serve God in some special state—e.g. as ecclesiastics or religious. The ecclesiastical vocation is manifested by the pious desires of the heart, by innocence of life, by the sincere love of Christ, by pure zeal for God’s glory and the salvation of souls. That to the religious state, or the perfect practice of the evangelical counsels, comes to souls with a certain pressing invitation, with a strong desire of self-sacrifice and a clear perception of worldly vanity, with a certain attractiveness for intimacy with Christ and for the exaltation of his holy Name. But it is given differently to different persons, and prepares them “powerfully” though “sweetly” for the practice of solid virtue. “If thou wouldst be perfect,” said our Lord, “go sell what thou hast and give to the poor,.… and come, follow Me.”ST II-IIae, q. 183Yves Congar, Lay People in the Church, ch. 6, "Vocation" 

In this episode we discuss the motive of the Incarnation. Would God have become incarnate had man not fallen into sin? Drs. Kevin Clarke, Daniel Lendman, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Fr. Dylan Schrader discuss.

On this episode, Dr. Matthew Dugandzic discusses the morality of lying with Frs. Dylan Schrader and Jon Tveit.

In this episode, Drs. William Diem, Matthew Dugandzic, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Fr. Dylan Schrader discuss the question of whether we always choose what we perceive to be the higher good. Does the will always follow the intellect? Is this a form of intellectual determinism?

On this episode, Dr. William Diem, Dr. Matthew Dugandzic, and Fr. Dylan Schrader discuss usury and the morality of loaning at interest.