Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

Jan 20 2025 50 ep. 63 mins 249
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A podcast featuring some of the founding members of The Sacra Doctrina Project discussing theological questions with other academic theologians and philosophers. The podcast takes place in a quaestiones disputatae style, encouraging lively and charitable debate. Listen to the most recent episode below.

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Can Gender Change?

Jan 20 2025 78 mins  
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.

Quodlibet 4: How Much Can Liturgy Change?

Jan 06 2025 64 mins  
Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the film Conclave, how to think about vocations, and the relationship between theology and liturgy.

Quodlibet 3: Does the Garden of Eden Still Exist?

Dec 09 2024 64 mins  
Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the theological significance of the moon, the historical status of the garden of Eden, and the personality of angels.

Quodlibet 2: What's the Best Translation of the Bible?

Nov 13 2024 57 mins  
Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about translations of the sacred scriptures, how to teach RCIA (OCIA?), and whether there is time in heaven.

Beatitude of God

Nov 06 2024 45 mins  
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 Universit

Quodlibet 1: Who Are You Guys & What Are You Doing Here?

Oct 23 2024 72 mins  
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.

Disputed Question on Frozen Embryo Adoption

Aug 16 2024 68 mins  
The return of the disputed question Sed Contra episode. Join host James W. Stroud along with SDP board members Daniel Lendman and Matthew Dugandzic as they take opposing sides in response to this disputed question on the Catholic position regarding frozen embryo adoption.

Aliens and Soteriology

Jul 18 2024 71 mins  
In this episode of Sed Contra, SDP members Dr. John Brungardt, Dr. Kevin Clarke, and Dr. Taylor Patrick O'Neill are joined by guest Rev. Dr. Andrew Davison to discuss aliens and soteriology. Rev. Dr. Davison is the Starbridge Professor of Theology and Natural Sciences in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow in Theology and Dean of Chapel at Corpus Chri

The Most Holy Eucharist and Transubstantiation

May 16 2024 101 mins  
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.

Why Should I Care About Balthasar

Apr 18 2024 60 mins  
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.