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Aquinas Lecture, 2013: Matthew Levering – ‘Aquinas & the Gospel’
On 30th January Blackfriars held its annual Aquinas Lecture. This year the speaker was Matthew Levering, Professor of Religious
Aquinas Institute/Templeton Lectures – Nicholas Lombardo OP
Last week the Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars, supported by the Templeton Foundation, was privileged to host two open lectures by Dr
Fruits of Study 8: The Notion of Love
Our faith is based on love, and love is the foundation of our whole life. Of course we know what
Fruits of Study 7: Esse and Essentia
St Thomas’ second argument in the Summa for God’s existence goes along the following lines: in the universe, everything we
Fruits of Study 6: Suffering and Love in St Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was very practical and focused and on how to help people be saved and sanctified in
Fruits of Study 5: Creation Ex Nihilo
The much referenced 'science versus religion debate' has at its root a timeless question which we humans feel compelled to
Fruits of Study 4: The Development of Doctrine
Blessed John HenryNewman wrote his famous Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1848) against the backdrop of a multiplication
Fruits of Study 3: Re-enchanting Education
The following review, by Fr Vivian Boland OP, was published in Faith magazine in January 2011: Stratford Caldecott, Beauty for Truth’s
Fruits of Study 2: Why Do We Have a Clergy?
The presence of clerics within the Catholic Church is, to many critics, inside and outside the Church, a problem and
Fruits of Study 1: Christology
We teach … that the one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, is to be acknowledged in two
Fruits of Study: Introduction
Study plays a central part in Dominican life, and informs all our writing and preaching, so that it could all
Spiritual notes from a small island…… The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing is a fourteenth century work by an anonymous English author. Over the years, there has been much