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Metaphysics 4 Bonus Episode

Promise I will get in the bonus episode soon! Many apologies for the delay, Augustine (my son) has been sick, so the time I’m able to devote has been lessened the last few days.

Transubstantiation DEFENDED

Objection: It seems that accidents cannot inhere sine subjecto, for, accidents are those beings which inhere in the being of substance (as Grenier calls them, “being of being”), to inhere by Divine power goes against this definition, ERGO…

There are two genera of responses to this objection. First, one may respond by distinguishing the major premise (“accidents are those beings which inhere…”). Second, one may respond by denying the minor premise (“to inhere by Di...

Absolute boomer tech moment...oops pt 3, here's the video for real this time

Metaphysics for dummies (after show), pt. 1

Metaphysics for dummies (after show), pt. 1

BONUS EPISODE UP

430pm est livestream

430pm est I'll be doing a livestream for y'all who are metaphysical dummies

On Reading

(Here is a little uncompleted and unedited peice on theological education and reading I wrote awhile back)

I do not wish here to provide a guide for increasing the skills of reading and comprehension, rather I wish to provide a guide to which books one should read and to discourse on the order of said boo...

Responding to White on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (NEVER BEFORE SEEN)

Here are my notes to a never recorded video I was going to make against James White's video against me on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QnX4KDJ0lxUiTcsb5r3XYKWV9Po1Et__mKv7rcOAEBY/edit?usp=sharing

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Extent of the Atonement

For whom did Christ die? St. Thomas Aquinas answers this question definitively and distinctly from both mainstream Reformed and mainstream universalist tendencies...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QxHtwoMnUen9ydCnMp_xcivlegENCyM4iW0sAU2Rbv8/edit?usp=sharing

(please do not share this link, looking to publish this article in a journal)

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DISCORD FOR PATRONS!!!!!!!

Hey y'all, it's a bit difficult to communicate on Patreon (who checks their Patreon for notifications?) so I decided to make a discord for Patrons...enjoy

https://discord.gg/KUuWjaX7

What topic concerning the Development of Doctrine should I cover next week?

What is a topic you would like me to write on (or do a video on) when I come back?

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Scotus Project

I have something exciting to announce. I just got an email granting me the rights, so, I will be reprinting, on MT press, Scotus' Ordinatio in 12 volumes. I'm in the process of editing it and it looks like it's going to be amazing. This is the first time it has been in print in English. 

Here are a few ways you, my beloved Patrons, can get it. First, you can get the PDF for FREE. Second, all Patrons at $25 or above will receive a free hardcover proof copy ...

NOW IN HARDCOVER!!!

John Davenant's Dissertation on the Death of Christ has now been put into a hardcover version by popular demand.

"The work A Dissertation on the Death of Christ may surprise Reformed readers used to such works as Owen's (in)famous Death of Death.

Davenant here, against those of the stricter "Limited Atonement" school provides a robust defense of the universal extent of Christ's atonement as to its sufficiency. In this, he outlines a truly Catholic visio...

INTRODUCING MILITANT THOMIST PRESS

Davenant's Dissertation on the Death of Christ is now available on Kindle through Militant Thomist Press for only $5! Buy, drop a review, and get the word out.

NOTE: Patrons will receive a FREE pdf of the work (and all future works). Just drop me an email with your name and I will get it to you. 

If this gets enough traction, I'll be happy to do a little more editing and get together a hardcover of the work (I can get the price down to only $15). Remember to like, purchase, s...

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Hey Everyone,

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Having a website that doesn't look like it was made in the early 2000's takes some money to keep it running, and i hope to continue to expand to spread the message. 

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