New Holy Apostles AD

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Catholic Philosophy in the News — Can Catholics Also Be Liberals?

SharePeter Kreeft, Catholic author and philosophy professor at Boston College, gave a speech in Madison WI recently on that topic.  The Wisconsin State Journal covers the speech in a brief article.  He instructs his audience, To be a Catholic is to take the whole deal . . . . Kreeft said several definitions of a [...]

Catholic Philosophy In the News — Social Teachings of the Catholic Church

ShareCatholic Online has a piece on Catholic moral teachings in an ever-changing world. They quote Richard Weaver, author of Ideas Have Consequences: “Richard M. Weaver speaks of the need of a “metaphysical dream,” an underlying foundation behind reason. The Church’s social doctrine may be said to be a “meta-ethical dream,” an underlying foundation behind morality, [...]

Archbishop Chaput: A Defense of Human Life and Dignity

ShareDPS was pointed toward a recent address by the Very Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, given at the University of Pennsylvania. In this well-argued defense of human life and liberty Archbishop Chaput summons the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Dietrich Bonhoeffer  to illustrate his points. He makes four primary points in his speech: We [...]

7th Annual DPS Conference

ShareWelcome Members and Friends! Conference time is upon us!  In  the coming days, we will publish all submitted essays on our website and you are all invited to visit and post comments.  The Conference is open to all members and you do not have to submit an essay to participate.    This year we are pleased [...]

Annual DPS Conference

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Catholic Philosophy in Use: “Humility, Trust, and Abandonment to Divine Providence”

Share Catholic Philosophy In Use is a new feature. Our intention is to highlight public application of Catholic philosophy.  Our first article is a commencement address given by His Excellency Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Archbishop Burke was the Thomas Aquinas College 2010 Commencement Speaker.  This address is [...]

A Summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Commentary on the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 7, Lecture 5 (Jn 7:37-53)

ShareSo far, we have summarized 52 of St. Thomas’ 145 lectures on the Gospel of St. John. That covers the first seven chapters: roughly one-third of the gospel. If you would like to continue studying these lectures by reading my summaries, please drop me a line at dkustra@holyapostles.edu or magyir3@aol.com and I will be happy [...]

A Summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Commentary on the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 7, Lecture 4 (Jn 7:33-36)

ShareWhile at the Sukkoth festival in Jerusalem, Christ answered two of His detractors’ accusations: first, that He broke the Sabbath by healing the lame man in Jerusalem (vv. 19-24), and second, that He committed blasphemy by claiming to be God’s Son (vv. 25-36). In the course of His defense vis-à-vis the second accusation, we have [...]

A Summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Commentary on the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 7, Lecture 3 (Jn 7:25-32)

ShareNow that Christ had answered the accusation that He broke the Sabbath by healing a lame man at the temple in Jerusalem (vv. 19-24), He next answered His detractors’ second accusation: namely, that He committed blasphemy by claiming to be God’s Son (vv. 25-36). In the course of His answer, He revealed His divine origin [...]