Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

Are there male and female souls? What is distributism, and does it align with Catholic social teaching? A la Monty Python, which country's historical philosophers would field the best soccer team? All that and more on this episode of The Quodlibets!

This final episode in the Theology and History series dives into the works of Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Joey Belleza, Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, and special guest Fr. Harrison Ayre talk Ratzinger's habilitation, "The Theology of History in St. Bonaventure." Does Ratzinger really understand Bonaventure? Does Ratzinger's approach resolve any of the conflicts about history and theology of the 20th century?
Episode I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-i
Episode II: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-ii
Episode III: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/theology-and-history-iii

How exactly did St. Michael and Lucifer duke it out? Does God have emotions? Join us for these questions and more!

In the liturgical reforms following Vatican II, the decision was made to remove the beloved Dies Irae from the requiem Mass. Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi and Dr. Joey Belleza discuss the rationale behind this decision and evaluate it in light of the text of the sequence itself.

The first of a two part series on faith, this episode dives into the question: what is faith, in conversation with St. Thomas Aquinas?
Part I: https://sed-contra-a-podcast-of-catholic-theology.simplecast.com/episodes/thinking-about-the-virtue-of-faith-with-st-thomas-part-i