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Dr. Alan Fimister joins Fr. Dylan Schrader to talk about Catholic teaching on religious liberty before and at Vatican II.

Do We Have to Assent to Non-Infallible Church Teaching? What are the different ways in which the Church teaches? Are they all infallible? Why does matter have to be the principle of individuation? What do the mystical theologians mean by the phrase "quasi-experimental" contemplation? How should we judge the morality of new and emerging medical technologies like therapeutic brain implants and augmented perception? Do the guys like Halloween? Join us for these questions and more!

Dr. Matthew Kuhner and Dr. Edmund Lazzari join Dr. Matthew Vander Vennet to discuss Blessed Fulton Sheen's philosophy, theology, life, and contributions to the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond.

Do You Need to Confess Even After an Act of Perfect Contrition? How does Catholic theology understand savantism? Is this a good or a privation of a good? How do different Catholics views on grace and free will shape prayer and devotion? Join us for these questions and more.

Fr Charles A M Robinson, FI and Dr. Joey Belleza join Fr. Dylan Schrader to discuss St. Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan theological tradition in honor of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis's death.

We know that Mary never sinned, but was she able to do so? What's the use of studying theology? Can't the unlearned know just as much about God? How ought a Catholic to explain the Church's teaching on IVF? Join us for these questions and more!

We're back after an unintended summer hiatus! Should AI be used for sacred art? If the Incarnation begins at the Annunciation, why is Christmas the more important liturgical day? If receiving the Eucharist removes venial sins, is it wrong to go to confession immediately after receiving (if one is not aware of having sinned mortally)? Is it acceptable for a Catholic to work for a military defense contractor? Join us for these questions and more!

Dr. Matthew Minerd and Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi join Fr. Dylan Schrader to discuss private revelations, including their relationship to public revelation, what level of assent they require, and some speculative questions.

The Most Rev. Fredrik Hansen, Bishop of Oslo and a canon lawyer, joins Fr. Dylan Schrader to discuss the role of bishops in the Catholic Church. What is the college of bishops? How are bishops chosen? How do bishops relate to the pope? and more in this special episode of Sed Contra!

Fr. Dylan Schrader and Dr. Joey Belleza discuss sacraments as signs, including how they work, how the Church analyzes the parts of the sacramental sign, pastoral issues, and the question of "Ecclesia supplet."

Could there be divinely-inspired texts that didn't make it into the canon of Sacred Scripture? Could the Church amend the sacraments in order to evangelize extra-terrestrials? Does Down Syndrome remain in heaven? Why would God create a soul that He foreknows will end up in hell? Join us for these questions and more!

Last year's Corpus Christi episode: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/corpus-christi

Is it possible for animals to go to heaven? Is chewing gum for pleasure a sin? Do habitual grave sins count as mortal sin? Join us for these questions and more!

Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Dr. Kevin Clarke, and Dr. Jane Peters discuss an overlooked work of St. Thomas Aquinas: His Catena Aurea. This commentary on the Gospels is a "golden chain" of patristic citations worked into a single commentary on the Gospels. How does St. Thomas handle when the Fathers he quotes disagree? How does the Catena relate to St. Thomas' other works and the study of his thought? Listen and find out!

Does God know what Panda Express Orange Chicken tastes like? Does changing a baby's diaper during consecration mean that you have not fulfilled your Sunday obligation? Why have recent popes seemed to condemn war so often? Does Catholicism require pascifism? Join us for these questions and more! 

• Podcast on Maritain, De Koninck, and personalism with Drs. O'Neill and Matthew Minerd. 

Is there a special promise on Divine Mercy Sunday that you can get remission of the temporal punishment due to sin without the typical requirements for an indulgence? Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi and Fr. Dylan Schrader dig into this question and discuss the nature of indulgences, sin, punishment, and God's abundant mercy.

It would be an understatement to say that the teaching of the Church that extra Ecclesia nulla salus is controversial. Especially in the 19th and 20th centuries, whether or not non-Catholics could be saved was hotly debated. To address this question, Aaron Debusschere and Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi dive into the nature of salvation in the history of the Church's theology, looking especially to St. Augustine. Salvation is radically communal, consisting in membership in the Body of Christ which is the Church.

Are there any good arguments for sedevacantism? Why is fasting so important, and how does it relate to the gift of final perseverance? How can you encourage your husband to take a more active interest in the Faith? How do we overcome sloth? Join us for these questions and more!

Why isn't the ritual of pedelavium or foot washing considered a sacrament? Could the Church discover a new sacrament? What is the best method for interpreting Scripture today? Does the historical-critical method have a place? Join us for these questions and more!

Are magnanimity and humility opposed? Can you be both? How would it be just for a soul that dies only with original sin to be damned? Does St. Thomas make a distinction between intellect and mind? Join us for these questions and more!

When the liturgy changes, does the faith and theology also change? Can one use the texts of the liturgy as an authoritative source for theology? These questions have been points of argument across the entire history of the Church. Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Matthew Minerd, and Christopher Owens tackle these questions and more as they discuss the traditional saying, Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi.

Why doesn't the Church promote only one theological school as the most accurate? How do we reconcile what we know now about animal intelligence with a Thomistic understanding of the soul? What is your favorite work of non-fiction? Join us for these questions and more!

Are arguments from authority the strongest in theology? Is it possible that humans exist without an eternal soul? Join us for these questions and more!

Are there male and female souls? What is distributism, and does it align with Catholic social teaching? A la Monty Python, which country's historical philosophers would field the best soccer team? All that and more on this episode of The Quodlibets!

This final episode in the Theology and History series dives into the works of Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Joey Belleza, Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, and special guest Fr. Harrison Ayre talk Ratzinger's habilitation, "The Theology of History in St. Bonaventure." Does Ratzinger really understand Bonaventure? Does Ratzinger's approach resolve any of the conflicts about history and theology of the 20th century?

Episode I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-i

Episode II: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-ii

Episode III: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-iii

How exactly did St. Michael and Lucifer duke it out? Does God have emotions? Join us for these questions and more!

In the liturgical reforms following Vatican II, the decision was made to remove the beloved Dies Irae from the requiem Mass. Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi and Dr. Joey Belleza discuss the rationale behind this decision and evaluate it in light of the text of the sequence itself.

The first of a two part series on faith, this episode dives into the question: what is faith, in conversation with St. Thomas Aquinas?

Part I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/thinking-about-the-virtue-of-faith-with-st-thomas-part-i

The third in our series on theology and history, this episode discusses what theology has to say about history. Fr. Ambrose, Dr. Timothy Kearns, and Dr. Kevin Clarke join up to talk about the history of history and what theology can contribute.

Episode I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-i

Episode II: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-ii

The first of a two part series on faith, this episode dives into the question: what is faith, in conversation with St. Thomas Aquinas?

 

Part 2: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/thinking-about-the-virtue-of-faith-with-st-thomas-part-ii

The second episode in our series on theology and history, this discussion delves more deeply into the question of what theology and history are. Is there room for the particulars and accidents of history in a rigorously defined theology? Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Elliot Polsky, and John O'Neill discuss the topic at length.

Catch up on the first in the series, Theology and History Episode I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-i

This episode gives an introduction to the life and work of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner. Dr Joey Belleza, Dr Matthew Minerd, and Fr. Charles Robinson of the Sacra Doctrina Project interview Dr. Jared Goff, the publisher of the recent edition of Fr. Fehlner's collected works.

Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Dr. Joey Belleza, and Dr. Timothy Kearns kick off a multi-part series on theology and history. This first episode looks at the ways in which historical study is necessary and useful for theology, while avoiding the pitfall of reducing all theology to just subjective history.

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. 

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/POLTMS

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTMS-2

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTSO-22

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLSOR

https://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. 

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.

 

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. 

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.

 

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. 

Today on Sed Contra, SDP members Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Daniel Drain, and Kara Johnson discuss gender and sex. They consider these in the light of the Catholic theological tradition, with special attention to St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Francis.

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. 

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. 

Links:

Donum vitae

https://www.vatican.va/roman\_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc\_con\_cfaith\_doc\_19870222\_respect-for-human-life\_en.html

Dignitas personae

https://www.vatican.va/roman\_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc\_con\_cfaith\_doc\_20081208\_dignitas-personae\_en.html

 

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. 

Rev. Dr. Davison's recent book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/astrobiology-and-christian-doctrine/3F96E8C3EEA3B1C8832155BF261D4D31

Link to Rev. Dr. Davison's chart from his book:

https://www.sacradoctrinaproject.org/july-2024-alien-soteriology

or

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XUXgYWBe3014TSQwsy6p1OFWG2AIH\_zx/view?usp=sharing

Poem reference: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems\_(Meynell,\_1921)/Christ\_in\_the\_Universe

 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

 

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.