St. Thomas Aquinas Our Common Doctor For Theology Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Institute Livestream. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org.

About the speaker:

Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002.

His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant.

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0:00.0	I'd like for us to begin with the beginning of St. Thomas Aquinas' prayer, the Conchatei Miki,
0:09.0	also known as the prayer for ordering life wisely.
0:15.0	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
0:20.0	Grant me, O merciful God God to desire eagerly to
0:24.7	investigate prudently to acknowledge sincerely and to fulfill perfectly those
0:30.6	things that are pleasing to you to the praise and glory of your name.
0:45.3	When I was 16 years old, I heard Bishop Eugene Gerber, while putting sacred chrism on my forehead,
0:48.3	say to me, Thomas Aquinas, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. After being confirmed with the name Thomas Aquinas, be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.
0:59.1	After being confirmed with the name Thomas Aquinas, I went to Benedictine College where all four philosophers
1:02.6	who taught me there were Thomas, and I got to read St. Thomas for myself.
1:07.2	And it was especially being at Benedictine College that I heard of the Dominican
1:13.6	friars here in Washington, D.C. and so then I entered some time afterwards to be a son of
1:21.6	this eastern province of St. Joseph. Thomas Aquinas was always very helpful to me in my vocation, and I'm so glad that
1:30.3	I can call Thomas Aquinas my brother. Sometimes when people hear me talking about Thomas
1:37.3	Aquinas, they'll say, well, after all, he's your Dominican, and a part of me will rejoice and say, yes, that's true. Another part of me will rejoice and say yes that's true another part
1:47.0	of me will want to make sure that people realize that he's not just a Dominican
1:52.9	doctor of the church the order of preachers has three Dominican doctors for the
1:57.6	Universal Church St. Albert the Great St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Siena. Thomas Aquinas is the common doctor. He's doctor for all.
2:08.6	This evening's lecture is on St. Thomas Aquinas, our common doctor for theology today.
2:16.6	I'd like for us to think about this in three parts.
2:20.3	First, the title Common Doctor and how popes for a very long time have encouraged, have taught,
2:29.3	have mandated that we follow St. Thomas's teaching.
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