01: Who are you, St. Thomas?

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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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 ones in Christ, I gave you milk to drink, not meat -- 1 Corinthians 3:1-2), we purpose in this book to treat of whatever belongs to the Christian religion, in such a way as may tend to the instruction of beginners. We have considered that students in this doctrine have not seldom been hampered by what they have found written by other authors, partly on account of the multiplication of useless questions, articles, and arguments, partly also because those things that are needful for them to know are not taught according to the order of the subject matter, but according as the plan of the book might require, or the occasion of the argument offer, partly, too, because frequent repetition brought weariness and confusion to the minds of readers. Endeavouring to avoid these and other like faults, we shall try, by God's help, to set forth whatever is included in thissacred doctrine as briefly and clearly as the matter itself may allow. Introduction to Summa Theologica SPONSORS EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/ Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: https://pintswithaquinas.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd MY BOOKS Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pints with Aquinas episode one. I'm Matt Fred.
0:06.0	If you could sit down with St Thomas Aquinas over a pint of beer and ask him any one question,
0:14.0	what would it be? In today's episode, since it is the very first episode, we're going to ask a
0:20.5	couple of introductory questions, namely, who are you, St Thomas, and tell us a little bit about
0:26.5	this summa-theologica business?
0:39.2	Welcome to Pints with Aquinas. Thanks for joining us. This is the show where you and I pull up a
0:44.8	bar stool next to the angelic doctor and discuss theology and philosophy. I'm pretty excited about
0:53.2	the podcast today and the podcast you'll be hearing from here on in. Every podcast will revolve
0:59.6	around a particular question and we will hear directly from the man himself, St Thomas Aquinas,
1:05.9	from his most famous work, the summa-theologica. In today's episode, though, we want to get to know
1:13.3	St Thomas a little better. Perhaps you've heard of St Thomas, perhaps you know a little bit about him.
1:17.8	Maybe you've read some of his stuff at university. Maybe you've heard of his hymns or read some of
1:23.2	his prayers. But we want to get to know him a little bit better and then understand a little bit more
1:29.0	about what the summa-theologica is. So who is St Thomas Aquinas? Well, he was born around 1226
1:40.8	and died in the year 1274. He became a saint and was his feast day was actually originally in
1:48.8	March, but because it kept falling during Lent, they decided to move it to January the 28th.
1:55.6	And so that's his feast day now. He is the painter and saint of students and universities.
2:02.4	St Thomas came from a rather well-off family, not the most influential, but a family that did have
2:09.2	some influence. He went to school around the age of five. Apparently, he kept asking his teacher
2:17.2	this question, what is God? Not what is God like, not tell me about God, but what is God?
2:26.5	Interesting question and for those of you who have read much of Aquinas, you know that his answer is
2:32.1	we don't know and we can't know the divine essence in and of itself. We can't comprehend that.
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