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The Two Become One Flesh: The Catholic View Of The Sacrament Of Marriage | Prof. Paul Gondreau

Jun 13, 2024

Prof. Paul Gondreau discusses Catholic view on marriage, human sexuality, and anthropology. Topics include materialist anthropology's impact, Catholic view on body-soul unity, sacrament of marriage, raising children, divine empowerment for happy marriages, and guarantee of grace in matrimony.

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Paul Gondreau

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Catholic moral teaching emphasizes human nature's beauty and intended way of life through marriage.

The integrated anthropology of Catholicism values the unity of physical and spiritual aspects in human nature.

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Understanding Catholic Moral Teaching on Marriage and Human Sexuality

Catholic moral teaching on marriage and human sexuality is often misunderstood as a set of prohibitions imposed by celibate individuals. In reality, it is founded on a beautiful conception of human nature and how God intends us to live. Pope Benedict XVI highlighted that this teaching is inscribed in human nature itself, accessible to reason and common to all humanity, emphasizing a humanist vision at its core.

Intro

7min

Exploration of Materialist Anthropology and its Impact on Human Life

5min

The Catholic Perspective on the Human Person

23min

Exploring the Catholic Perspective on the Sacrament of Marriage and Divine Empowerment for Happy Marriages

9min

The Guarantee of Grace in the Sacrament of Matrimony and Building a Happy Marriage

4min

This lecture was given on April 25th, 2024, at University of Oregon.

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About the Speaker:

Paul Gondreau is professor of theology at Providence College, where he has taught for 26 years. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, doing his dissertation on Christ's full humanity (Christ's human passions/emotions) under the renowned Thomist scholar Jean-Pierre Torrell. He specializes in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published widely in the areas of Christology (focusing on Christ’s full humanity and his maleness), Christian anthropology, the moral meaning and purpose of human sexuality and sexual difference, the biblical vision of Aquinas' theology, the theology of disability, the sacrament of the Eucharist and the priesthood, and the Catholic vision of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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The Two Become One Flesh: The Catholic View Of The Sacrament Of Marriage | Prof. Paul Gondreau

Episode guests

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Deep dives

Understanding Catholic Moral Teaching on Marriage and Human Sexuality

The Human Person as a Body-Soul Composite Unity

Materialist View of the Human Person

Cartesianist View of the Human Person

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