All Roads Lead to Rome: On Becoming Roman Catholic (OCIA)

The purpose of the Christian life is to develop holiness. Catholic Virtue Ethics is a big part of the process that helps get us there. There are 4 Cardinal and 3 Theological Virtues that are key.

The 4 Cardinal Virtues are Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude. Cardinal means "hinge" like on a door and all virtues swing on the hinge of these four. We cultivate them through the development of intentional habits.

The 3 Theological Virtues are Faith, Hope, and Charity. These are infused in our lives by God.

St. Thomas Aquinas brought them together and the wide swath of the Second Part of the Summa Theologia focuses on them. This episode walks through all of that!

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Virtue Ethics is the system of behaviors and actions that allow us to cultivate virtue and become holy. Ethics isn't just about do's and don't's … its about cultivation of a virtuous and holy life. Some history is given on how Plato and Aristotle wrestled with the questions, but the focus is on the First Part of the Second Part of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologia

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This episode explores the subject of evil. It focuses on evil as being an effect of Free Will and uses Augustine's idea of evil being the absence of good. It also talks about demonic attacks on the Christian life.

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This episode talks about suffering. It explores Tragic Suffering and uses the story of Job from the Bible. It also explores Malevolent Suffering and uses Romans 5:1-5 to explain how we should deal with it.

This episode also examines the 1984 Papal Letter, Salvifici Doloris, which can be downloaded here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html

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This episode talks about the Nicene Creed. This Creed is recited at every Mass in Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Why is it so important? This episode explains that. We go through the Council of Nicaea in AD325 where it was written and then go through each sentence and talk about what it means. It is a very important part of Catholic Faith!

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This episode explores how the Church believes in Absolute Truth and sets various levels of authority to dogmas, doctrines, and church documents. It covers Papal Infallibility, Classical Theism, Nominalism, and all those documents with Latin names that get published by the Vatican.

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This episode explores the history and development of the Rosary, including its presence in Marian Apparitions as well as at the Battle of Lepanto. It then walks through how to pray it and why it is a powerful Prayer Discipline as well as a Spiritual Growth Discipline.

This episode explains who the saints are, how they get named saints, and why this is the goal all of us have in life. It also shows how the supernatural surrounds them. Stigmata, Levitation, and Bi-Location examples are given.

What happens if we are destined for heaven, but still have bad habits, character, or behavior. We must be purified before getting to heaven, or else our presence will not make heaven perfect for everyone else. What is that purification? Catholics call it Purgatory. This episode walks us through it

The Eucharist is "The Source and Summit of the Christian Life." This episode explains why. It also explores the Biblical understanding (drawing from John 6 and I Corinthians 11), what the early Church Fathers believed, how Thomas Aquinas wrestled with it, and how the Catechism describes it today. Both "Real Presence" and "Transubstantiation" are explained as well.