Episode Topic: Christology 

Contemplate Thomas Aquinas’ writings on the predestination of Christ, Christ’s knowledge and our virtue, and Christ’s co-assumption of power through the lens of Christology, the branch of Christian theology concerned with Jesus’ person, role, and nature.

00:00 Introduction and Joshua Lim's Talk on Christ's Predestination

07:42 Bonaventure's Interpretation

10:40 Thomas Aquinas' Perspective

16:46 Q&A Session with Joshua Lim

20:38 Frederick Bauerschmidt's Talk on Infused Habits

41:51 Aquinas on Christ's Co-Assumption of Power

51:41 Speculative Interpretations of Aquinas

56:34 Q&A Session: Exploring Aquinas' Reasoning

Featured Speakers:

- Joshua H. Lim ‘20 Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Thomistic Studies, University of Notre Dame

-Frederick C. Bauerschmidt, Professor of Theology, Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

- Rev. Simon Francis Gaine, O.P., Pinckaers Professor of Theological Anthropology and Ethics and director the Angelicum Thomistic Institute

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/1ee61e

This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Aquinas at 800. 

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