Podcast Episodes

09: What makes an act good or evil?

"The good or evil of an action, as of other things, depends on its fullness of being or its lack of that fullness. Now the first thing that belongs t…

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08: Was there death before the fall of man?

Objection 2: Further, it is unfitting that elements hostile to one another should be brought under the mastership of one. But many animals are hostil…

10 years, 1 month ago

07: Who created God?

First, whatever a thing has besides its essence must be caused either by the constituent principles of that essence (like a property that necessarily…

10 years, 1 month ago

06: Why didn't you accept the immaculate conception, St. Thomas?

Objection 3. Further, as it has been stated above, no feast is celebrated except of some saint. But some keep the feast of the Conception of the Bles…

10 years, 1 month ago

05: Are wet dreams/sexual dreams sinful?

"Nocturnal pollution may be considered in two ways. First, in itself; and thus it has not the character of a sin. For every sin depends on the judgme…

10 years, 2 months ago

04: Does purgatory really exist?

Whether there is a Purgatory after this life? Objection 1. It would seem that there is not a Purgatory after this life. For it is said (Apocalypse 14…

10 years, 2 months ago

03: Why are there 7 sacraments?

For spiritual life has a certain conformity with the life of the body: just as other corporeal things have a certain likeness to things spiritual. No…

10 years, 2 months ago

02: Do we need faith to know that God exists?

It is written (Romans 1:19), "That which is known of God," namely, what can be known of God by natural reason, "is manifest in them."

Our natural kno…

10 years, 2 months ago

01: Who are you, St. Thomas?

Because the doctor of Catholic truth ought not only to teach the proficient, but also to instruct beginners (according to the Apostle: As unto little…

10 years, 3 months ago