Listen in as Leonardo De Chirico joins David Schrock and Brad Green to discuss his appraisal of Thomas Aquinas.
Timestamps
- 00:41 – Intro
- 04:43 – Dr. De Chirico’s Background
- 09:04 – Engaging With Thomas Aquinas
- 12:40 – What Should We Know About Aquinas for Today?
- 15:23 – The Place of Thomas Aquinas in Church History
- 19:32 – How Did Aristotle Influence Aquinas?
- 26:00 – Aristotle and Scripture in Dialogue for Aquinas
- 31:48 – Why Would Someone Today Be So Drawn to Aristotle?
- 37:46 – Distinctions Between Aristotle and Plato
- 41:47 – What Are Strengths, Weaknesses, and Cautions with Aquinas?
- 49:53 – Closing Thoughts
- 51:04 - Outro
Resources to Click
- “Excerpt from Leonardo De Chirico’s Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: How Ought Evangelicals to Engage With Him” – Leonardo De Chirico
- Reformanda Initiative
- Vatican 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 Gifts
- Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
- Engaging with Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Approach – Leonardo De Chirico
- A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Papacy: It’s Origin and Role in the 21st Century – Leonardo De Chirico
- Natural Theology – Geerhardus Vos
- Gamechangers: 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 Plested
- Reformed Ethics, Vol. 1 – Herman Bavinck
- Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment – Gregg R. Allison
- Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism – Craig A. Carter
- Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics – eds. R.C. Sproul, John Gerstner, & Arthur Lindsley
- Evangelical Exodus: Evangelical Seminarians and Their Paths to Rome – ed. Douglas Beaumont
- Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome – eds. Robert P. George and R.J. Snell
