Where Faith and Reason Intersect
William Albrecht (Roman Catholicism) and Craig Truglia (Eastern Orthodox) debate: Does 2 Maccabees 12 Teach Prayers for the Dead? 2 Maccabees 12:39-46 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) 39 And the day following Judas came with his company, to take away the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen, […]
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Can Palamism and Thomism be reconciled? Do the apparent differences rise to a dogmatic level? Michael and Erick discuss Palamism and Thomism with Fr. Peter Totleben who answers these and other questions. Fr. Peter Totleben is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph and faculty member for Theology at the Josephinum Pontifical College […]
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Are there early proofs for the veneration of images? Did some approve of Christian art but opposed the veneration of that art? These questions, and others, are discussed by Michael, Erick, Craig and Cal from a Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican perspective.
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Note: A PDF copy of this paper may be retrieved here: The Difficulty of the Divided and Undivided God When reading some of the great works by revered authors throughout the ages, one occasionally discovers perplexing phrases, such as the God “beyond being,”[1] who is said to be “not a thing”[2] in the corpus of […]
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Michael, Erick and Timothy have a discussion with Seraphim Hamilton on the Papacy, Filioque, the Rosary, the 5 Ways and Creationism. Timothy Flanders’ website: https://meaningofcatholic.com/ Erick Ybarra’s website: https://erickybarra.org/
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Michael and Erick discuss essence/energies, theophanies and philosophy with Dr. David Bradshaw.
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Michael, Erick and Craig discuss the legitimacy of indulgences and touch on their doctrinal and historical veracity from a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox perspective.
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Michael starts out by discussing Canon 6 of Nicaea I and Roman Primacy with Erick. After an hour Jay Dyer joins the video for an impromptu debate with Erick on the papacy. The show then examines many issues including epistemology, the papal charisms, development of doctrine, etc.
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Michael ask Jay about essence and energies, created and uncreated grace, authority in Orthodoxy, Gregory Palamas, Maximus the Confessor, among many other related topics!
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Dr. Goff and Michael discuss the differences between Scotism, Palamism and Thomism.
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Are there any solutions to the crisis in the church? Michael Lofton, Erick Ybarra, Craig Truglia, Timothy Flanders and Dustin Quick discuss various methods that may help improve the condition in which the church finds herself. For more information visit: Timothy Flanders: https://meaningofcatholic.com Erick Ybarra: http://erickybarra.org Craig Truglia: https://orthodoxchristiantheology.com Dustin Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU01LxYSzVQ
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Craig and Erick debate who started the East vs. West schism.
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10 questions for the Palamite on essence/energies, simplicity, Thomism, dogma and other related topics. Below is a transcription of the ten questions for the Palamite: Both Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox agree God is simple. Neither claim he is a composite being. The Roman Catholic Church has dogmatized the […]
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Timothy Flanders joins us in discussing his conversion from Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism and addresses difficulties in both Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Visit Timothy’s website at: https://meaningofcatholic.com/
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Michael, Craig and Cal discuss the Frankish vs. the Byzantine view of icons in a round table format.
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