Mariology (2025-26)
Required Reading
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 487-511.
Joseph Thomas, Mother of God and Mother of the Church: An Introduction to the Theology of Mary (Scepter, 2025) .
Additional Resources
Vatican II, Constitution Lumen Gentium, chapter 8.
St. John Paul II, Encyclical Redemptoris Mater.
St. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation on St. Joseph Redemptoris Custos.
Philosophy of Man (2024-25)
Course Syllabus
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Required Reading
Incarnate Spirits: An Introduction to Philosophical Anthropology. by Fr. Derrick Esclanda, 2024, Scepter Press.
The following sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church deal with anthropological themes that will be taken up outside of the classes:
The Human Body, nn. 355-368
Affectivity, nn 1762-1775
Freedom and human action, nn. 1730-1748, 1803-1845.
Relationality, personal identity and sexual differentiation, nn. 369-373, 2331-2337.
Additional Resources
Video lectures: “Philosophical Anthropology” by Fr. Derrick Esclanda -- click here.
(The following works concern the consequences of an erroneous anthropology.)
Conversion Therapy Bans: Enforcing a Faulty Anthropology on Sex and Gender, in Public Discourse, May 5, 2021.
The Rise of “Psychological Man” in Public Discourse, May 9, 2020
The Impact of Psychological Man—and How to Respond in Public Discourse, November 10, 2020
Apocalyptic Politics: Christianity and the New World Order in Public Discourse, January 4, 2023
Male, Female, Other?, Jason Evert, Totus Tuus Press.
Divine Grace of the Children of God (2023-24)
Required Reading
Catechism of the Catholic Church, nn. 1987-2029.
The Theology of Divine Grace. by Fr. Joe Thomas, 2023, Scepter Publishers.
Additional Resources
Video lectures: “Divine Grace of the Children of God” by Fr. Henry Bocala or at bit.ly/Theology_of_Grace
Four videos from The Thomistic Institute (Aquinas 101):