Intellectual Catholicism

Catholic theologian Matthew Ramage and Suan Sonna tackle the reality and specifics of the dark passages of the Bible, bringing along St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Benedict XVI as guides. 

Suan and Gideon discuss the relationship between the literal sense of scripture, the human and divine authorial intent, and Catholic doctrine. They closely discuss the issue of slavery in the Bible, clarifying and assessing Suan's position. 

Suan discusses a possible theological reading of scripture that explains why God allowed for slavery passages in the Bible. Rather than denying that slavery is intrinsically evil or affirming that the Bible is errant, Suan finds a different avenue using resources only available to a Roman Catholic theologian. 

Fr. Gregory Pine, OP explains how exactly Catholics venerate the blessed Virgin Mary without falling down the slippery slopes Protestants fear. 

Thomas Farrar continues his case against Edward Fudge's arguments for annihilationism. Last time he covered the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature. He now addresses the conception of hell in the New Testament. 

Thomas Farrar argues against Edward Fudge's case for annihilationism from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. 

Yale professor emeritus Harold W. Attridge discusses a class he, as a Roman Catholic New Testament scholar, taught at Yale about Catholics and the Bible. 

New Testament scholar Jason Staples argues that Paul saw Gentile inclusion as part of the restoration of the northern kingdom Israel. 

Dr. Michael Barber debunks some popular misconceptions about ancient Judaism and early Christianity. 

Joe Heschmeyer debunks some popular myths about the Protestant Reformation.

Fr. John Ramsey (Orthodox) and William Albrecht (Catholic) debate the doctrine of original sin. 

Suan Sonna reviews a dialogue on slavery in the Bible. 

Suan Sonna presents two new arguments against Sola Scriptura, the Problem of Slavery and the Checks and Balances argument. 

Dr. Michael R. Licona talks about why the gospels tell the same stories differently and what this means for the doctrine of inerrancy. 

Profs. Timothy Pawl and Christopher Tomaszewski discuss the coherence of the Christology of the first seven ecumenical councils. What strategy is most effective for dealing with objections to the coherence of Christ being God and man? 

In this episode, Suan Sonna explains why Protestants cannot begin with Protestantism as their default when investigating Catholicism. He shows how Protestantism is itself highly controversial, especially on the issues of sola scriptura and sola fide. 

Suan discusses in this episode seven problematic trends in online apologetics.

Suan Sonna talks to Michael Lofton about his (Michael's) approach to handling controversies in the Catholic Church. 

Casey Chalk, author of  The Obscurity of Scripture , discusses why we need a magisterium and cannot rely upon the supposed clarity of the Bible alone for our theological disputes. 

Fr. Gale Hammerschmidt of St. Isidore's Catholic Student center answers questions from fans about spiritual matters. Fr. Gale confirmed Suan into the Church! 

Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute debunks popular misconceptions about the New Testament. 

Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute examines popular misconceptions that people have aobut the first Christmas.

Dr. Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute debunks multiple misconceptions that people often have about the Bible.

Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP presents a view of Jesus and the historical critical method that is consonant with Church teaching. 

Erick Ybarra discusses three famous episodes of papal failure and how to reconcile them with Catholic teaching on the papacy.