Sep 30, 2019
Should Christians subscribe to sola scriptura? What arguments would come up in a debate on this topic? How does the Catholic position differ from a sola scriptura approach? What objections do we need to consider? We're joined by Jimmy Akin to address these issues.
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Sep 26, 2019
In this bonus episode, Dr. Jennifer Frey tackles a bunch of hard questions about evil, sin, and Aquinas. She provides some helpful examples to illustrate the key ideas. I ask her about comments she's made on the free-will defense and theodicy. It's an engaging batch of topics!
The Classical Theism Podcast aims to defend...
Sep 23, 2019
Did the early Church believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist? What early evidence supports this? Also, if transubstantiation is based on Aristotelian categories that weren't brought into Christianity until the 12th century, how can the doctrine be biblical or historical? Dr. Doug Beaumont joins us...
Sep 16, 2019
Is there strong scriptural support for the Primacy of Peter? Scholar of sacred scripture, Fr. Pablo T. Gadenz, joins us to examine three passages to answer that question. We look at Matthew 16, Luke 22, and John 21 in detail. And I mean DETAIL. I put several objections to Fr. Gadenz along the way. In the final segment,...
Sep 9, 2019
This fall, Dr. Robert Koons is teaching a graduate seminar on arguments for God's existence. In this episode, we cover cosmological arguments, teleological arguments, and epistemological arguments. We have a detailed discussion about the Kalam argument and fine-tuning arguments. Dr. Koons response to the...