Pints With Aquinas Christmas with Dr. Scott Hahn | Tracing the Fulfillment of Prophecies
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Dec 15, 2025 
Dr. Scott Hahn, a renowned Catholic biblical scholar and author, joins to explore the profound significance of the Incarnation. He delves into the prophetic texts that foretell Christ’s birth and the unexpected nature of God becoming human. Hahn highlights Mary’s crucial role in salvation history, her typological significance as both Queen Mother and Ark of the Covenant, and explains how the New Testament is deeply rooted in the Old Testament. Together, they rediscover the layers of meaning behind the traditional Christmas narrative.
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Incarnation Reveals God's Personal Love
- The incarnation is both scandalous and revelatory because God becomes a zygote, embryo, and infant to personally love humanity.
- Scott Hahn says this reveals God's immensity paired with an intense personal love that stoops to redeem us.
Immensit y Enables Intimate Incarnation
- God's immensity doesn't conflict with his intimacy: infinitude makes incarnation meaningful, not absurd.
- Hahn argues God can be omnipresent and intimately present in Mary's womb without contradiction.
New Fatherhood Broke Through Intellect
- Scott Hahn recounts becoming a father and how burping his newborn broke through his intellectual faith.
- That midnight experience helped him sense God's more intense personal love for us.
