psychology and physics and chemistry and so on, all study being under certain aspects, right?

Or astrophysics. But metaphysics studies Aristotle famously said,

being qua being. It studies being as being. What is it that makes existence? What it is. What are

the characteristic marks of a being in the measure that it exists? Now, that's not a scientific

question. That's a question of a different, and I would say a higher order. Not denigrating

the sciences in any way, but they don't reach that level of abstraction that permits them to raise

questions about the nature of being qua being. So the question, hey, why is there being at all?

See that? That's the question of why there's something rather than nothing. That is not a question

that physics can adjudicate. That's a metaphysical question.

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vattha-Hos,

and the content director. Joining us this week from Santa Barbara is Bishop Robert Barron.

Bishop Barron, good to see you. Hey Brandon, always good to see you.

Let's talk books. We haven't talked books in a while. We always like asking each other what we've

been reading. What's on your bedside table? What are you reading these days? Well, I've been reading a

lot for the Creed book. I think you mentioned last time that during this weird period, I've had more

time to research and write this book on the Creed. So, gosh, I've been reading Wolfhard Pannon,

Berg's book on the Creed, Luke Timothy Johnson on the Creed, Karl Barth's dogmanics and outline,

which is on the Creed. I've been reading Louis Bouillet's great book on the Church,

I'm on that section right now. I've been reading Kongars, True and False Reform in the Church.

I also just finished Matt Lebering's latest, I think it just lays book. He writes so many books,

but it's on the achievement of the book. He's probably finished another one. Yeah,

but this is dumb. That wouldn't be at all. Surprise. I think it's what called the achievement of

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