One of the greatest questions ever asked is whether God exists. In this course, we will first address arguments for the existence of God, including St. Thomas’ Five Ways, or Five Proofs for the Existence of God. Then, we will study God Himself: how we know Him, and what we can know about Him. Finally, we will cover the Trinity.

This course will investigate how God creates and sustains or conserves all of reality. The viewer will come to understand God’s wise plan for creation. This Divinely ordered plan is called providence. The viewer will also see why evil is permitted and why it does not contradict God’s providence.

This course will investigate the origins, nature, and purpose of angels and demons, and how they interact and influence the world around us. This course will also investigate the nature of man: specifically, the nature and relationship between body and soul, and the various powers of the soul.

We were made to be happy with God forever. How do we get from our basic inclination to happiness to the life of grace? In this course, we will explore the second section of the Summa Theologiae. We will begin with happiness and beatitude, pass through the interior dimensions of the moral act, and discuss habits, art, and virtue.

When we consider the good life, many questions arise due to the complexity of human existence. St. Thomas Aquinas simplified the drama of human happiness and misery using one powerful concept: virtue. The intellectual, moral, and theological virtues structure our acts and make us good, and even empower us to cooperate with the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

In this course, we will explore the treatises on vices and sin, law, and grace, found in the second part of the Summa Theologiae. First, we will cover the distinction between vice and sin, the effects of sin, what original sin is, and the difference between mortal and venial sin. Then, we will examine what God gives us to help us live a virtuous life and avoid sin: law and grace.

In this course, we will examine the second part of the Summa Theologiae, which ends by filling out what it means to live the good life on the way to God. It proceeds through the theological virtues that come from God himself, to the cardinal or moral virtues that are proportionate to our nature, and ends with a theology of the different states of life for human beings.

Christ is man’s way back to God, through His Incarnation, all the deeds and sufferings of His life, and the sacraments that He instituted to give us a share in that life. In this course, we will explore the beginning of the third section of the Summa Theologiae, which charts out who Christ is and our life in Him, according to St. Thomas Aquinas.

Jesus Christ instituted the sacraments to give us a share in His life. In this introductory course on the sacraments, we will explore what the seven sacraments are, provide an overview of how each unites us to Christ, and examine how the sacraments relate to the last things.

The seven sacraments of the Church are extensions of Christ’s presence in the world. He gave them to us so that we can encounter him at every point in our lives. But what are the sacraments really? Where did they come from? How do they work? And why do we need them? There are answers to these questions, and learning them can change your life. Guided by St. Thomas, we’ll explore the Church’s sacramental riches in this course so that you can better experience their transforming power in your life.