Want to Understand Aquinas? Start with Augustine | An Interview w/ Dr. Chad Engelland 

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Check the Italian website "augustinus. it" - English version. We have the Exposition in Italian... Just have a look at the list of English translations.

Hi Matt Fradd, I'm from Brazil. Here in Brazil there are many viewers of your channel. Put subtitles in Portuguese, Portuguese, this will greatly increase your reach in Brazil. Brazil, Mexico and the USA are the countries with the largest Catholic populations in the world. God bless You. Thank you very much.🙏🏻👍🏻

Kathleen Williams. Yes kids are smart. They can see the difference between words and actions - especially where so-called “love of God” is concerned. Much depends for your future relationship on whether they decide this pose has sufficient benefits for them to start going along with it or whether they start to despise you for your lack of awareness

@@johnlawrence2757 well praise God they all love me and are in their 30’s. The refer to me as St Kathleen to their friends which at first I felt insulted but was assured by my youngest son that I was the holiest person he knows because I read my Bible openly especially when I’m frightened and I try desperately to love my and especially God’s words. They each pray when I ask for prayers with love. I’m very thankful for that but they are sooo busy, and I know they are. The struggle is real getting them to church regularly as adults who are busy ... they believe! St Monica, my patron is my go to!

Kathleen Williams Plato and Aristotle were opposed to children being raised by their biological parents - an idea regularly supported by Christ too

@@johnlawrence2757 it was sons, they believed a son should be raised by an unbiased male leader to teach them to be men! Those were the elite, not the poor, what is your point? I don’t remember Jesus mentioning that about children, where did you?

Kathleen Williams no it was all offspring in all classes. All were to be raised institutionally and they were not even to know who their biological parents were though records were to be kept so as to protect against the possibility of unintentional incestuous coupling If you don’t understand that Christ supports this then you need to improve your reading skills quite considerably

Hello friend! I think we have spoken before. If Mr. Dyer’s arguments seem to be a stumbling block for you I recommend some books on the papacy (the biggest dividing factor between Catholics and Orthodox). 1. Thomas William Allies M. A. The See of Peter, the Rock of the Church, the Source of Jurisdiction, and Center of Unity 2. Rev. Paul Bottalla, S.J. The Pope and the Church considered in their mutual relations Volume I is phenomenal and Volume II is also great. Both are available free online and in my opinion their examination of the evidence of the early Church points to the Catholic Church. Allies is a former Anglican who converted to Catholicism and I think his book is excellent. Likewise, Eric Ybarra had an informal debated with Jay and In my opinion I think Ybarra presented a good defense of Catholicism. Ybarra wanted to have another formal debate with him but now Mr. Dyer doesn’t want to debate him. I know Mr. Matt Fradd in his upcoming apologetics conference will have talks on things that pertain to Orthodoxy (such as the papacy and Filioque). But I agree it would be great to have Mr. Dyer on for a debate. My advice to you in these confusing times are that you study, pray,and don’t rush into anything. Take your time and the Spirit will guide you through the issues. God bless and praying for you :)

@@Maskedlapis64 Thank you 🙏

Mango Bango No problem. I’ve been looking between Catholicism and Orthodoxy for a while. The fact that they had so much in common made it difficult to decide which one was really true. After a long time of prayer and study I sided with Catholicism, if you ever have questions or anything I’m happy to talk. God bless friend.

Dyers hate for Catholicism is disgusting. He also doesn't like to talk to Catholics so bun him.

The Oxford Classics edition, by Chadwick I think, is pretty good. The one by Sister Boulding my preferred version though

I'd go with English

Beards

That’s not a true statement. Thomism (named after Aquinas and in concert with the totality of Augustine’s writing) is acceptable to hold as a Catholic. Much of Calvinism is acceptable except where it overstates.

The difference is that neither Augustine nor Calvin (nor St Paul, for that matter) believe in unconditional election and double predestination, like Calvin.

Predestination is believed as “de fide” which means it is dogmatic teaching. Well, it is evidently Scriptural, but not explained in Scriptures (the least of the Bible is self-explaining texts: that’s the tragedy on the “sola Scriptura” fallacy). But WHAT Predestination means is evidently modified into heresy in many Protestant denominations, let me say, even though many others have the Catholic understanding in it. I recommend you to check what the Council of Trent teaches on this matters. About the mystery of predestination, the Church has officially condemned Predestinarians, Calvinists and ‘Catholic’ Jansenists, just to name a few.

@@michaelbaumert4501 I understand that, but I'm talking about concept of predestination. There's more similarities than differences between Aquinas and Calvin in this matter as both can trace their ideas back to Augustinianism. Official Catholic teaching on soteriology is synergistic I presume? journal.rts.edu/article/aquinas-and-calvin-on-predestination-is-there-any-common-ground/

@@TrollsFormers05 Actually Aquinas did teach unconditional election in his Summa Theologica, he agrees with Augustine (and the later Calvin) that election is the sovereign, eternal, free choice of God. He also believed in double predestination like Calvin did, In 3rd Article, Aquinas answered God does reprobate some. He cited Malachi 1:2-3 as proof; God loved Jacob, but Esau, He hated. In this, Aquinas reasoned if Jacob is ordained to eternal life, then Esau must be equally ordained to everlasting death. Moreover, if God worked His will in Jacob to produce good things, then He must have permitted Esau to fall into reprobation. Thus, Aquinas concluded predestination is so-called "double predestination", because some are ordained to life, and others to death: "I answer that, God does reprobate some. For it was said above that predestination is a part of providence. To providence, however, it belongs to permit certain defects in those things which are subject to providence, as was said above. Thus, as men are ordained to eternal life through the providence of God, it likewise is part of that providence to permit some to fall away from that end; this is called reprobation. Thus, as predestination is a part of providence, in regard to those ordained to eternal salvation, so reprobation is a part of providence in regard to those who turn aside from that end. Hence reprobation implies not only foreknowledge, but also something more, as does providence, as was said above. Therefore, as predestination includes the will to confer grace and glory; so also reprobation includes the will to permit a person to fall into sin, and to impose the punishment of damnation on account of that sin." biblehub.com/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_god_reprobates_any_man.htm