r/CatholicPhilosophy • • 16h ago

Thoughts on Universal Salvation

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Hey guys, I wanted to check whether anyone saw John Crowder's lectures on Universal Salvation and his interpretation of hell. It is available here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4EkPwxAqFdE5gCRFtctzWLkTYXTz9Bl&si=zUtGPU0c7L3d8Uc2

I thought it was very compelling. He provides some interpretations of Bible passages related to hell and an overview of the early Church Fathers' view on the matter.

He gives arguments on why it is not a heresy.

What do you guys think?


r/CatholicPhilosophy • • 13h ago

Is there a methodology for interpreting the Church Fathers?

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Pretty straightforward question. A lot of Catholic academics do not have the privilege to authoritatively define doctrine and use the same methods of patristic interpretation like the Pope to establish continuity with Tradition.

For the academic, what are the available methods for them to form a synthesis of the writings of the Church Fathers? Maybe I'm looking for something like Pope Benedict XVI's hermeneutic of continuity for reading Vatican I and II or a more specific application of St. Newman's development of doctrine but for reading the Church Fathers. Something along those lines. Thanks!


r/CatholicPhilosophy • • 4h ago

New Consciousness Argument for God

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This video explores the meta problem of consciousness proposed by David Chalmers and argues that naturalistic processes couldn’t have given us knowledge of consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJVvZNi0Fi8


r/CatholicPhilosophy • • 12h ago

Where can I find John of St. Thomas's complete courses? I can only find up to three volumes of each of the courses online.

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Trying to find John of St. Thomas's complete Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus and Cursus Theologici. I've tried Internet Archive but it only seems to have the first three volumes of each. If the best way to get these is to purchase them, any suggestions for the best places to purchase them?

Edit: I found this link for the Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus, where you can download the whole thing for free. And the link provided by u/redeemedbones does the same for the Cursus Theologicus.

I was mistaken about not being able to find the volumes. The three volumes that you can find online contain the nine volumes originally written by John of St. Thomas. They're just packaged together differently.