Listen in as Leonardo De Chirico joins David Schrock and Brad Green to discuss his appraisal of Thomas Aquinas.
00:41 – Intro04:43 – Dr. De Chirico’s Background09:04 – Engaging With Thomas Aquinas12:40 – What Should We Know About Aquinas for Today?15:23 – The Place of Thomas Aquinas in Church History19:32 – How Did Aristotle Influence Aquinas?26:00 – Aristotle and Scripture in Dialogue for Aquinas31:48 – Why Would Someone Today Be So Drawn to Aristotle?37:46 – Distinctions Between Aristotle and Plato41:47 – What Are Strengths, Weaknesses, and Cautions with Aquinas?49:53 – Closing Thoughts51:04 - Outro“Excerpt from Leonardo De Chirico’s Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: How Ought Evangelicals to Engage With Him” – Leonardo De ChiricoReformanda InitiativeVatican Files“Letter to Cardinal Sadoleto” – John Calvin“Upholding the Unity of Scripture Today” – J.I. Packer“25 Myths About Thomas Aquinas” – Matthew Barrett“Twenty Watershed Doctrines on Which Evangelicals Do Not Agree with Thomas Aquinas” – Pro Pastor Journal“A Trinitarian Reading of Aquinas’ Treatise on Law” - Angelicum“What Indeed Hath Thomas To Do With Vos?: A Review Article” – James Baird Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing GiftsGive to Support the WorkEngaging with Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Approach – Leonardo De ChiricoA Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy: It’s Origin and Role in the 21st Century – Leonardo De ChiricoNatural Theology – Geerhardus VosGamechangers: Key Figures of the Christian Church – Robert Letham‘Aquinas on Nature, Grace, and the Moral Life’ by D. Spezzano in The Oxford Handbook on the Reception of Aquinas – eds. Matthew Levering & Marcus PlestedReformed Ethics, Vol. 1 – Herman BavinckRoman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment – Gregg R. AllisonContemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism – Craig A. CarterClassical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics – eds. R.C. Sproul, John Gerstner, & Arthur LindsleyEvangelical Exodus: Evangelical Seminarians and Their Paths to Rome – ed. Douglas BeaumontMind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome – eds. Robert P. George and R.J. Snell