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Fr. Pine is a treasure. We owe you, Matt, a debt of gratitude for exposing us to him.

Father Pine seems like a great guy to have a beer with. And I don't even drink beer.

Who else thinks that Matt Fradd should open the show with, "Good day Gregory" every time Fr. Pine is on?

Fr. Gregory has a voice for professional narration.👏🏻

Just simply amazing. I’m not Catholic, but this refreshed my spirit & imparted a renewed sense of hope & joy in the Lord at hearing the things my soul has already received revelation about regarding Him, but somehow gotten away from lately... plus it made my Calculus homework go a lot faster & a lot more enjoyable! Thank you for recording & sharing this absolutely brilliant discussion on Christian faith, theology, logos; it’s truly one of the best & most articulate explanations of God’s existence, beauty, & wonder I’ve heard...a treasure!

Interview Fr Rippiger? Just about to watch the premiere and looking forward to it

Gotta love the young men Jesus is raising up! I’m in the application process for diocesan seminary but I’m open to any religious vocation. It’s because of young, on fire priests like Fr. Gregory Pine that I want to do this P.S. My name is also Gregory...

This might be the richest two and a half hours I have ever spent on RU-vid...and I waste ALOT of time on RU-vid. Thank you both!

Jew here enjoying the discussion. Since you are talking about names and nicknames I note that Father Pine is tall. A good nickname is Father Pine-Tree. Joking aside, I always admired a number of the Catholic saints like Saint Thomas Aquinas. I read Summa Theological and Summa Contra-Gentiles. I will soon read Saint Bonaventure's works because I like his approach.

"Matty Fraddy" 😂😂😂 This episode is off to a great start

There is something special about Dominicans. I knew a Dominican priest a long time ago, Father Ninian. He had a problem that he struggled through. He was humble and pious and loved by all who knew him.

I'm Lutheran but just love these interviews. Good stuff.

Jeez Matt! You and Fr. Pine use such a high vocabulary!! I hope by continual listening and understanding your normal speech I may get a vocabulary as vast as yours!

"I have resting unconvinced face." Just about shot coffee everywhere at that one.

Father Pine was great last time. Cannot wait to watch this one.

Wow! Fr. Gregory is amazing...love listening! The “Wreck it Ralph” analogy was really illuminating.👊🏻. You really push him, Matt, and he steps right up and knocks it out...love his calm, humble confidence. Well done, you two!

I have been with so many of my pups from puppy to end of their lives. I knew them through their lives. When I had to watch them pass, I knew their souls went to God. I expect to see them again.

Coming in and watching this again I really noticed how good of an interviewer / conversation director Matt is. Thank you both for this Matt and Fr Pine as well as everyone behind the seance working on theses videos

Best thumbnail we've done, I reckon.

This is a very high-quality, relevant show. Thank you for doing this, it is a genuine alternative to watching garbage on Netflix on a Sunday. God save us all.

Accumulated brilliance of this sort is what you get when you belong to a church that is not Only FOUND BY CHRIST but that persist on one line of apostolic tradition, which 1300 years later from inception the Commander in Chief decide to send the Angelic Saint. Jesus Thank you for making me a Catholic and giving some small foundation in philosophy, without which it would have been almost impossible to follow this a beyond ten munities.

Fr.Gregory brings a fresh yet profound perspective to old questions ✝️🙏🏻

Its really funny where Matt's mind goes "do they have shoes in your size when you go bowling" But I can't excuse Fr. Pine. He is on equal ground when speaking to Matt "I am just a tall child" These 2 men have a great interaction between each other...ot true friendship for sure! Thank you for letting me listen in, and for all the good teaching and surely all the laughs!

Thank you for your channel. Very helpful, informative, and entertaining.

THE MIGHTY PINE! Love this man so much.

Can you guys do this once a year? Your dynamic is magic and the content is rich! Holy bro-llers.

I love how he talks about sin and punishment. It's so easy to get a misconception about that and in turn have it hurt your relationship with God. Great talk

Love Fr. Gregory Pine! Such a gift of intellect. Thank you for sharing! Go Dominicans! Really appreciate his explanation of indulgences.

i am not catholic, or theist, but, Gregory Pine just a great guy.

Matt, I just wanted to send you a note of encouragement and gratitude for your work on your Pints with Aquinas channel. In my opinion, you're the best Catholic interviewer out there. I just watched your interviews with Fr. Gregory Pine and Fr. Michael O'Loughlin, and that debate you did with the Capturing Christianity "bloke." One area of discussion that I might encourage you to pursue is the Church's teachings on the literal truth of Genesis (by which I mean, a plain text reading, and acceptance of its sacred historical accuracy). In the Capturing Christianity discussion,you seemed to hedge a bit? (not having studied the issue, I recall you saying) on whether Adam and Eve were real people. I think you said that you were personally inclined to believe they were based on Jesus' & Paul's reference to them as being actual people. Fair enough. Maybe an interview with Fr. Ripperger or, Hugh Owen, or Ryan Grant would be worthwhile? They could defend a literal perspective of Creation, quite readily, I believe. Your extended interview format would lend itself to that kind of interview. You could ask the hard questions! In your interview with Fr. Gregory Pine (what a fantastic Dominican!), he said that he wasn't sure that St. Thomas Aquinas got the questions on Creation quite right. He preferred St. Augustine's treatment of it, instead. Certainly, St. Augustine famously wrote that the Days of Creation referred to Angels, and believed creation to be instantaneous (it is thought, do to having a bad translation of Scripture). He, nevertheless, defended a literal reading of Genesis in Book XV of, the "City of God". (See link below.) Keep up the great work! Cheers, John St. Augustine ends Book XV quite beautifully, "And since this is so, if not even the most audacious will presume to assert that these things were written without a purpose, or that though the events really happened they mean nothing, or that they did not really happen, but are only allegory, or that at all events they are far from having any figurative reference to the church; if it has been made out that, on the other hand, we must rather believe that there was a wise purpose in their being committed to memory and to writing, and that they did happen, and have a significance, and that this significance has a prophetic reference to the church, then this book, having served this purpose, may now be closed, that we may go on to trace in the history subsequent to the deluge the courses of the two cities - the earthly, that lives according to men, and the heavenly, that lives according to God." www.newadvent.org/fathers/120115.htm

There is so much good information in this discussion. Even topics I thought I knew something about I’m learning more just listening to this.

Beautiful explanations, great episode. Love from Australia! :)

Dear Matt, I was listening to the discussion about the vicious man whom has had a death bed conversion and received a plenary indulgence and goes to heaven. It is worth meditating that such a soul may only have a thimble, a little cup of Glory in heaven. They would be perfectly happy, but a thimble of Glory for all eternity. Now consider a Saint like Saint Francis of Assisi whom will have a vast seraphic ocean of Gods Glory flaming in heaven for all eternity. Being a great Saint has a great reward in heaven. Both the vicious repentant sinner and the great Saint may enter heaven at the same time, but both will have vastly different cups of Glory for all eternity.

This is GREAT Matt - Pints with Aquinas can unite the Thomists and call others to understand Thomas!! We can all benefit from this work of yours -- many thanks!

So good (quite a bit over my head at times), but so good. I really loved the part at the end about vocations. As always, thank you so much!!

Coming back a year later. Fr. Gregory Pine is the GOAT

Great interview Matt and Fr. Pine! It was theologically and philosophically substantive and enriching.

Sending this to my sister. Pray for her conversion. +pax

Protestant vs. Catholic views on Purgatory are closely tied to their respective views of grace. Catholics believe in an infusion of grace - it enters you through participation in the sacraments and works in you to make you a perfect creation that can stand in the presence of God. Protestants believe grace is imputed to you - God looks at you, as you are, through Jesus' sacrifice and sees you as a perfected being who can stand in His presence. The former requires purgatory to make up for any unfinished work that did not occur in this life while the latter does not. In case anyone else was thinking 'I know I'm not supposed to believe on Purgatory but it makes so much sense!'

And the “all dogs go to heaven” talk, I feel like I would love to think they do, but I know that we will be so enamored that it won’t matter like we think it will. ❤ all y’all and can’t believe I hadn’t watched this earlier, Kristy in Missouri 📿📿📿✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏

Another goody - a keeper, in fact. Both Purgatory and Indulgence - believe it or not, if I understand them correctly - relate to love, God's love, Love Himself, and our response to the demands of this relationship. What currently seems to be 'odd' or 'weird' to us is the idea that justice can be loving, and charity can also be just - i.e. that 'love' makes demands and requires what is due .. whether we like the notion of such a relationship or not. Yo! ;o)

Love this guy. He is definitely a Dominican.

Furture Cardinal and Future Master of the Order of Preachers.

Looking back at this video, you should definitely take Fr Pine’s recommendation to have Fr Matt Monnig on the show! He’s at Boston College and a wonderful resource for much of the Catholic community here

Australian with an occasional tiny bit of valley girl intonation and a few y'alls sprinkled in. Loving it!

See that plant in the shelf behind Fr Pine? Here in Brazil it is called St George's sword (espada de São Jorge). Is the name the same in English? (Btw, I had it my garden and copied the your idea. I planted a shoot in a small vase and now I have a beautiful one inside my house).

Wow. Learned a lot! Thanks.

Petition to have a Pints with Aquinas episode that's just a D&D session with Matt, Cameron Bertuzzi, Fr Gregory Pine and Fr Mike Schmitz.

Brilliant and captivating on so many levels! Well done from both sides of the table. Very grace infused conversation from start to finish ! I am though much more of a Meister Elkhart guy than Thomas though - still both Dominicans

I know some on indulgences goes off about it explaining everything love this guy

Wonderful conversation, great explanations.

Fr. Pine being such the humble "smartest guy in the room" is fascinating. It opened a whole different dimension to your show allowing extra commentary from Mrs. Fradd. Lovely that.

This pleases me.

I agape his mind 😆. I got so much from this, my mind was racing has his mouth was racing, through philosophy and the great theological theories. I will probably have this on rotation for a week until I absorb it all 😆. Thank you, so enjoyable.

This was greatttt!

A Mother's Rule of Life is an excellent book on creating a rule of life for lay people. It focuses on motherhood, but the principles can be applied to anyone.

This guy rules

Hey Matt. How could you not be “into” de Montfort??! What do you mean exactly?? You should really read “True Devotion” and “Secret of the Rosary” again. St. Louis-Marie is practically a Marian Doctor of the Church, nobody wrote better about Our Lady (the saints say so)!

I really appreciate your perspective on studying Aquinas. I feel we can get too caught up in thinking every single thing is 100% correct or must be correct because we respect that saint. So, this perspective seems a lot more healthy spiritually.

On the question of Dominican spirituality, Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, OP, did a synthesis of Thomist and Carmelite theology. St Theresa of Avila had Dominican and otherwise Scholastic (though Jesuit) spiritual directors; one of which was the famous Domingo Banez. St John of the Cross learned Scholastic theology at Salamanca. (I am assuming these guys were all, at least broadly speaking, Thomist. Though I supposed it could have been a more Suarezian version.) The via-negativa works well with the Carmelite "Nada"; and St Theresa, while she believes the transcendence of God is important, still maintains the importance of the "sacramental" nature of the Hypostatic Union.

About the topic of the vicious sinner getting a plenary indulgence when they die. We must remember what the requirements for getting a plenary indulgence are, particularly that one my be detached from all sin even venial. So if a vicious sinner were to do all requirements for a plenary indulgence but still be attached to sin then he would only get a partial indulgence.

from these stones God can raise up sons of Abraham

02:24:37 On Vocation and Holiness

I'm glad Father gave his unorthodox view on other beings in heaven; I personally think there are better reasons, such as the one you gave, that there WILL be other life rather than there WON'T

I used those wedding vows! And it raised none of our Protestant guests eyebrows.

40:44 I was under the understanding that the numbering of days for partial indulgences was the number of days equal to how long penance was done. Like when a priest used to assign “14 days in sackcloth and ashes in penance” for example (penances were much harsher then), these indulgences were equal to that for 800 days or however long it was listed.

“Catena Aurea”, “the Golden chain”

Matt, maybe the difficulty between being a vicious sinner and then the alleged receiving of plenary indulgence at death bed is resolved by the ordinary conditions that one must be detached from any sin. Now, without completing the ordinary condition, plenary indulgence just becomes a partial indulgence, right?

EUCHAR is so fun

We have the most beautiful jewish rosary and nativity at our Roman catholic church every year from the Vatican. Traditional conservative roman catholic miss shiloh stodolka

My parish calls all priests by their first name. Not sure why, but they're very stuck in their ways, so I don't think that's going to change any time soon.

Very helpful, but what makes no sense is how you can do an indulgence and it be applied to someone else. Can someone explain that???

Now I’m curious. How tall is Father Gregory Pine?

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Wow, highlight video from 16:23 to 18:50?

I came back to re-watch this after The Big News and can't believe how triggered I am now by seeing two people in a room together without masks. Oh, how innocent we were in February.

Matt, could you please write down the name of the author you talked ... 01:39:00 ... 🙏

Between St. Lois-Marie de MontFort and St. Therese one could think you have 'problem' with the French.

Pints with Aquinas, starring Matte and Gloss!

What Bible is that there Matt?? So hard these days to find a premium bound Catholic Bible

Does Matt have a Marian tattoo on his right forearm? I never noticed it before this episode.

Hey Matt did you know your channel has ads for the Mormon Church before they play? Just thought I'd let you know. The odd thing was it was a black Mormon which is odd considering what Mormons think of black people. I'll let people do that research for themselves lol.

Fr. Seth Everman?

Where is purgatory in the Bible?

Do norbertine priests take away the special physical element away from the Pope seeing that they also wear a White Cassock?

The Latin language has 3 different definitions to worship! And it is frozen in time! The definitions can’t be changed or corrupted!

Your show is great but I feel it would be about 30% better if you were actually drinking beer.

What do we do with a catholic rosary?

Why do I assume Fr Pine was short😂

Is Fr. Gregory Pine saying that saints are perfect? Is that a common Catholic view?

Does one ever get out of purgatory?

I'm puzzled by Matt saying that God could not just take on a human body, without any mother or father. I mean, didn't he create a human from the dust at the very beginning? Frankly, God can do whatever he wants... period! He could also fashion a human body from the dust that had all the fallen qualities of a son of Adam... of course he could do this. A simple piece of cake for him!

I enjoy very much as listen and learn about the richness of my Catholic Faith, however, on podcast #192 you said something that I really believe is a great offense to God! You said that Jesus could have been incarnated from any women, including a prostitute! How can you even consider that thought!!! How could Jesus the Son of the most High, the all pure and Devine been born of any common women???? Can you please clear this for me? Thank you 🙏

Protestants are strange when they say forget the saints in your prayers essentially they forget the Bible is written by the saints. The Gospels according to St.Luke or St.John. They sound like immature Christians who confuse how love works. You can love all the angels and saints and holy family and God as the trinity. We all know God is God. Its like the family structure parents can love more than one child at a time yet respect remains for the spouse.

33:35 - I think it was Martin Luther that said something like “even if indulgences are legitimate, I wouldn’t want them! If purgatory heals me, I would want to be properly healed”

36:36 - Pine illustrates here why people put baptisms off as long as possible. Just sin it up and then get justified on your death bed. Something seems off here...

Thomas Aquinas was a non-Catholic heretic that glorified pagan philosophers such as Aristotle. He called Aristotle "the Philsopher"!!

Tim Staples thinks there will be hunting in heaven!!!!???!!!! God created all living things and he saw that it was GOOD. Do you really think God -- in all his infinate mercy and love -- would let anyone hunt innocent animals in heaven??!! Personaly, I think all living things will be in heaven, even ancient dinosaurs and long extinkt plants.

Whoa, whoa! They just said that Jesus would have inherited original sin from Mary, or that Mary had original sin. Isn't that the whole point of the Immaculate state of Mary? She did NOT have original sin. Also, Jesus did NOT take on the fallen nature of Adam, but he initiated a NEW human line of the second Adam. How could this mistake be made? It is a fundamental dogma of the Church.