Hey, welcome to Pines with the Quinus. My name is Matt Fred. Today we are joined around the bar table by father Gregory Pine to discuss something that is not in any way shape or form simple, namely divine simplicity.

I share several things that evangelical apologist Dr William Lane Craig has said against divine simplicity and let father Gregory Pine respond. So, hope you enjoy the show. Here we go.

Alright, welcome back to Pines with a Quinus. The show where you and I pull up a bar stall next to the angelic doctor to discuss theology and philosophy.

Today we are going to be talking about divine simplicity. You will learn what that means shortly if you are not familiar at all.

We have done an episode on it in the past with father Chris Chashko. Maybe you have heard that. For me I need to take several takes at this thing even just to vaguely get what we are talking about.

At the end of the episode we suggest a couple of other free talks you can go listen to online to fill out your understanding of this beautiful doctrine.

In it as I already said we share a little bit about what Dr William Lane Craig has said against divine simplicity and let father Gregory Pine respond. So, I think you are going to really enjoy this episode today.

I am not sure if you know this is not the father Gregory Pine and I have been working hard on a new book on Marion Consecration and it will be out hopefully by the end of the year we are thinking with St Benedict Press or Tan.

I know they are kind of the same thing so I think it is Benedict Press. Marion Consecration with a Quinus it is called. A 9-day path for growing closer to the mother of God.

So, pretty pumped if you go to patreon.com slash mat frad you can see the brand new spanking front cover that they came up with. It is always scary when you write a book and then give it to a publisher and they get to label it and put their design on it.

Because you are so afraid it is going to be terrible. I have had that happen to be in the past. Not going to mention any names but this one looks absolutely beautiful.

This is really going to help you grow in your love and understanding of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I think part of the reason I wanted to write this book was whenever I read Louis de Montfort I find nuggets that I absolutely love and quote and memorize and tell other people about.

But as a whole I just can't get into the book. I just can't get into his writing style myself.

Now, you might think that says more about me than his writing style and maybe that is true. But the fact is I think a lot of people are like that.

And so we don't want anyone to feel like they can't consecrate or entrust their lives to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

So this would be a really cool book for you to get. As I say it will be up at the end of the year but maybe you want to lead 9 days of prayer with your family.

So let's go through this and read texts and Thomas Aquinas and me and Father Gregory explain them to you what they mean.

Maybe you want to do it with your youth group, your men's group. But anyway, just want to let you know that that's something to look forward to.

All right, here is the episode with Father Gregory Pine.

Well, let's begin because we are recording. I should have told you that but we're recording this is part of the episode.

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