Humanities

Audios

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,...

Fr. Richard Munkelt tackles the most burning philosophical question of the High and Late Middle Ages: the relationship of individual things to universal ideas. This subject became more heated at...

Dr. David Allen White continues the discussion of the life and work of William Shakespeare. Working with reference to various plays and poems, Dr. David Allen White evokes here the...

Modernity, Dr. John Rao argues, had intellectually deconstructed itself as much as possible by the end of the nineteenth century. What was left to do was to deconstruct itself politically...

Fr. Richard Munkelt discusses the problem of the relationship of the human person to the order of nature in a way that shows how the ancient and modern treatments of...

In this 8th part of Dr. Marra’s lecture series we are offered a deep and philosophical study of the Old Testament. Dr. Marra explains Saint Augustine’s interpretation of Genesis, and...

Father James V. Schall, S.J. shows how heretics and non-believers were responsible for Chesterton’s conversion in his talk, “Halos Even in Hell: Chesterton’s Own Private Heresy.” A must-listen, because it...

Dr. William Marra philosophizes on the meaning of truth. In this series Dr. William Marra, the eminent disciple of Dietrich von Hildebrand, explains everything philosophical from Phenomenology to Thomism. A...

Father Edmund Waldstein (doctoral candidate and professor at Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Austria) examines how in ancient times and throughout most of the history of Catholic philosophy, happiness was seen to be...

Dr. John Senior gives an engaging talk on the rise and nature of Christian Humanism, relating it to the ninth plague of Egypt, the plague of darkness, a darkness so...

Dr. David Allen White discusses the Catholic themes to be found in William Shakespeare, whose life bridges the time between the Catholic-Protestant struggle for the soul of England and Elizabeth’s...

Dr. John Rao continues the previous discussion by illustrating that separation of the modern from modernity involved work on many levels. It included theology, philosophy, biblical exegesis, historical studies, the...