Theology and Insanity: Recent Episodes
Dave VanVickle and Dr. Michael Sirilla
Mike and Dave discuss Pope Francis's upcoming consecration, Fatima, Russia's errors, and Marian Consecration in general.
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In this episode, Dave and Mike discuss angels and how the sequence of their lives are related to ours in God’s providence.
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Mike and Dave tackle listener questions this week! How can you cultivate a relationship with Christ and help your children do the same? Why is the Lateran Council of 649 not considered to be ecumenical? If divorce, polygamy, and slavery are objective moral evils, why were they licit for Jews in the Old Testament? Does this mean that God can make an objective moral evil not sinful?
Also, we will be having a live episode on Wednesday, July 14th at 8:15pm EST! Follow us on Twitter at @TheologyInsane to see more information about how to sign up.
Shownotes:
Fr. Jacques Philippe
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis
The Life of St Francis of Assisi by St. Bonaventure
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Mike and Dave discuss what this means, that it is still true that there’s no salvation outside of the Church, how this is possible when the members of the Church are sinful, and how this should affect our relationship with non-Catholic Christians.
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Lumen Gentium
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Dave and Mike discuss the sacraments and whether it is prudent to allow their reception by Catholics in need of evangelization.
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In this episode, Dave and Mike have the privilege of interviewing one of the premiere Catholic theologians in the US today, Fr. Thomas Weinandy. Among other things, they discuss the Abu Dhabi statement, whether God wills different religions, and if he does, how does he will them?
Show Notes:
- Jesus Becoming Jesus, Volume 1
- Jesus Becoming Jesus, Volume 2
- Fr. Thomas Weinandy's books on Amazon
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Mike interviews Dave about his work assisting at exorcisms and teaching about spiritual warfare from the heart of the Church.
Show Notes
- The Catholic Truth about Angels, Demons, Ghosts, Exorcisms, and Hauntings
- The Writings of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe
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Dave and Mike discuss how faithful Catholics ought to react to apparent problems in non-definitive Magisterial teaching.
Show Notes
- Amoris Laetitia
- Oath of Fidelity
- Donum Veritatis - On the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian
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Dave and Mike interview Ralph Martin about his book, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, and discuss how to stay faithful in the midst of confusion.
Show Notes
- A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward by Ralph Martin
- Fr. Michael Scanlan's prophecy
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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently released a response stating that the Church does not have the power to bless homosexual unions. Dave and Mike discuss this, and use it as an opportunity to look at synods, their role in the history of the Church, and the call of Pope Francis for a synodal church.
Show NotesResponsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex
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A few years ago Pew Research surveyed churchgoing, American Catholics and found that only two-thirds believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Dave and Mike discuss what may have caused this, and also dig into the nuance of the Church's teachings on the presence of Christ in Eucharist.
Show Notes
- 2019 Pew Research Center Survey on Catholic Belief in the Eucharist
- Cinderella Man
- Warrior (film)
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Dave and Mike discuss contemporary problems in the practice of theology and, in particular, the issue of ambiguity.
Show Notes
- Sheed and Ward
- Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed
- The Sentences (Book 1) in English by Peter Lombard
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Dr. Michael Sirilla shares his story of conversion, from a hippy lifestyle with the Grateful Dead and eastern new-age religious practices to freedom in Christ, and how this propelled him to begin studying theology. Dave and Mike then discuss how theology became derailed in the past century as it was divorced from evangelization.
Show Notes
Hat tip to Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed
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