St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series

Jan 30 2024 11 ep. 58 mins 10
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Christendom College hosts a distinguished speaker each year on or around the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28) to speak on a philosophical or theological topic.

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St. Thomas Aquinas: Angelic Teacher | Dr. Anthony Andres

Jan 30 2024 53 mins  
On January 25, the college hosted Dr. Anthony Andres to give the 2024 Thomas Aquinas Lecture. The annual Aquinas Lecture is an opportunity for the Christendom College community to benefit from the scholarship and wisdom of noted thinkers in the tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The Burning Coal: Aquinas on the Eucharist, Eros, and Deification | Dr. Daria Spezzano

Jun 21 2022 45 mins  
On January 27th, 2020 Christendom College hosted Dr. Daria Spezzano to give a talk for the 2020 Thomas Aquinas Lecture. Dr. Spezzano demonstrated the elements of eros in St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of the Eucharist. Thomas Aquinas also applied elements of eros more broadly to his theology of charity in a distinctly Dominican way.

A Thomistic Understanding of the Moral Parameters of Sacramental Reception | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

Jun 21 2022 58 mins  
Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P., delivered the 2019 St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on February 4, lecturing on the importance of the moral and sacramental life, without which there can be no eternal life. He further discussed the Thomistic teaching on the complementary of the moral and sacramental life.

Aquinas and Laudato Si' | Thomas Hibbs

Jun 21 2022 71 mins  
Thomas Hibbs delves into the questions of the cosmos. He argues Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si confronts a metaphysical affliction of the human person isolated from God simmering behind the surface of modernity.

The Metaphysics of Prayer | Rev. Stephen Brock, Ph.D.

Jun 21 2022 44 mins  
Distinguished author and professor Rev. Stephen Brock, Ph.D., delivered Christendom’s 2018 St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on January 24. The talk was titled “The Metaphysics of Prayer.” He discussed the various types of prayer, using the writings of C. S Lewis to refute the objections to petitionary prayer.

Aquinas on Studiousness | Dr. Matthew Levering

Jun 21 2022 41 mins  
Theology chair for the University of Saint Mary of the Lake Dr. Matthew Levering presented the annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture at Christendom College. Levering delivered a lecture entitled “Aquinas on Studiousness,” explaining how studiousness is significant for the Christian moral life. Levering touched upon the differences between studiousness and curiosity, stating that th

The Augustinian Roots of Thomistic Deification | Rev. David Meconi, S.J.

Jun 20 2022 47 mins  
Thomistic scholar and author Reverend David Meconi, S.J., delivered Christendom College’s annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Fr. Meconi discussed how Augustinian principles influenced the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The Angelic Doctor and the Lord of the Angels | Rev. John D. Corbett

Jun 20 2022 69 mins  
“How does an angel get it wrong?” Rev. John D. Corbett asked during his lecture to students and faculty on January 27 at Christendom College. Rev. Corbett’s talk discussed the nature of angels and how such high beings could have fallen from God’s grace. A moral theologian currently teaching at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Rev. Corbett explained that

How Does the Resurrection of Christ Illumine Human Reason: From Benedict XVI to St. Thomas Aquinas | Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

Jun 20 2022 69 mins  
Thomistic scholar and author, Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., delivered the annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture on January 28, 2013 at Christendom College. The talk explored the doctrine of the resurrection of the body and its influence on philosophical thought. Delving into the thought of modern philosophers on the relation of the body to the soul and Pope Benedict XVI’s response

Are Societies Made Unto the Image and Likeness of God?: A Thomistic Response to a Disputed Issue | Russell Hittinger

Jun 20 2022 74 mins  
Renowned scholar and author Russell Hittinger delivered the annual St. Thomas Aquinas lecture to the students and faculty of Christendom College on January 27, 2012. The talk, which examined the nature of societies and marriage, was entitled: “Are Societies Made Unto the Image and Likeness of God?: A Thomistic Response to a Disputed Issue. Hittinger delved into the works of St. T