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Father Richard Munkelt continues his discussion of Homer for Christians by showing how Homer’s writings inspire meditation on many of the great themes of Christian morality. He uses writings of...

Dr. Alice von Hildebrand talks about the life and work of the late Dietrich von Hildebrand, a man whose heart was a great as his mind. Alice von Hildebrand received...

There has been a battle between prominent proponents of rhetoric on one side and philosophers and theologians on the other since the ancient world. Father Richard Munkelt speaks on the...

In this lecture Dr. WIlliam Marra continues his study of the topics he began in his last lecture. Saint Augustine raises questions about bodily motion in relation to time and...

Plato’s Timaeus concerns the overflowing goodness of God and the creation of the world. This helped many medievals, including St. Bernard, to explain the goodness and hierarchy of the beauties...

Father John Perricone gives the ABC’s of Catholic Moral Theology, that branch of theology which discusses the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end,...

Dr. Paul Vitz looks at two theories of moral education: values clarification and Kohlberg’s stages of moral development.

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Father Richard Munkelt discusses human suffering through Homer’s character, Penelope. The kind of Christian-friendly themes that Homer evokes in the Odyssey differ from those in the Iliad. Father Richard Munkelt...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand speaks of man as incapable of truly understanding who he is without divine help. He flies into all sorts of arbitrary theories and wild interpretations which...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses Plato and the Christian vision. The Church Fathers, Dr. Von Hildebrand explains, saw in Plato clear “seeds of the Logos”. Plato’s whole description of the...

In this 7th lecture Dr. William Marra continues to unravel Saint Augustine’s study of the Universe, explaining how God created Heaven and Earth. As noted in an earlier lecture, Saint...

Dr. Ralph McInerney traces back through Pope Leo XIII up to the present time showing that modernist philosophy is a background for disaster. “Aquinas and the Third Millennium,” 50 min....

Father John Perricone gives the ABC’s of Catholic Moral Theology, that branch of theology which discusses the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end,...

Dr. David Allen White explains the nature and importance of stories in general, as images of the act of Creation, and explores in detail the greatest of the Chansons de...

“The Wakefield Noah”, a Medieval Mystery Play, is performed by members of the Dietrich Von Hildebrand Institute. Taken from: Christianity in the Late Middle Ages-Early Renaissance – 1996 VonHildebrand Institute

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The nineteenth century Catholic revival was very rich and variegated. Aspects of it had combined together by the turn of the century to create a distinct “Roman School” dominating the...

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand presents a critique of Gabriel Marcel’s work. The Twentieth Century has given birth to a variety of philosophical attempts to escape ideology and make contact with...

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world from the beginnings of Arianism through Nicea. The Arian Crisis involved every single aspect of Christian life and growth: theology,...

Mr. Dermot Quinn provides an informative portrayal of Christopher Dawson, historian and prophet. He is one of our century’s giants in the literary world: Christopher Dawson. It is appalling to...

Father John Perricone gives the ABC’s of Catholic Moral Theology, that branch of theology which discusses the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end,...