Credo Podcast

In this Credo Conference Q&A, Gavin Ortlund, Matthew Barrett, and Louis Markos discuss the beatific vision, the Christian use of pagan philosophy, the relationship between Scripture and nature, and how God could appoint the suffering of the cross as the path to true happiness. Together, they show that Christianity does not destroy human longing or… Download Audio

Seeking wisdom is seeking the face of God. But what is the summit of wisdom, and how can we ascend to a knowledge of reality in our Enlightenment-shaped world? From philosopher-kings to the Middle Ages, in his Credo conference message, Louis Markos takes us from Plato and Aristotle through Dante and C. S. Lewis to… Download Audio

Our understanding of eschatology is a bellwether of the state of our souls. If we look forward to all the things Christ can give us and not to Christ himself, we have a Christ big enough to deliver all the goods we long for but not so beautiful as to be the good for which… Download Audio

If the beatific vision is the mind’s eye seeing the divine essence, then what does the beatific vision have to do with love? Could it be that the beatific vision is nothing less than a participation in the love of God? In this Credo conference message, Jordan Cooper explores what participation in the love of… Download Audio

Sitting in a classroom and going to chapel in the middle of the week is not seminary but a Bible study, says president Bryan Hollon. If we are theologically forming future priests, then seminary must cultivate a “participation” in Christ. Seminary, in other words, must be sacramental. Matthew Barrett shares how his entire experience teaching… Download Audio

Suffering, so it would seem, appears contrary to our ascent to God, as if a barrier to the Beatific Vision. However, in scripture God ordains suffering as the path by which we will reach full maturity and one day see God. In his Credo conference message, J. Todd Billings shares his own story, his fight… Download Audio

Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” In this Credo Conference message, Matthew Barrett builds up to Jesus’ words by first asking why God must be simple for the beatific vision to be the source of our happiness in God. He also explains why our natural powers are insufficient… Download Audio

The apostle Paul said that the beatific vision is the Christian’s blessed hope, and the Great Tradition believed the Christian’s greatest happiness will be experienced when we one day see God. So why is it then that the beatific vision is rarely talked about in the life of the church today? The 2026 Credo Conference… Download Audio

God has in his mind ideas of the things he makes. He is the grand architect. Did you know that some of these ideas in the mind of God can also be exemplar causes of the very things he chooses to make? A Thomist with a bow tie, Gregory Doolan, sits down with Matthew Barrett… Download Audio

The heresy of Apollinarianism has made a comeback today. But if Christ does not assume a human mind, how can he heal our human mind? New video between Dominic Legge, O.P., president of Dominican House of Studies, and Matthew Barrett, Research Professor at Trinity Anglican Seminary, is now out! Not only do they discuss Christology… Download Audio