Intellectual Catholicism

Hassan Ahmad, a graduate of Princeton and current Harvard student, discusses his conversion from Islam to Roman Catholicism. He also explains why he didn't become Eastern Orthodox and Protestant. 

How do you defend the Trinity? What are some pitfalls to avoid? Thomas Farrar discusses these vital points, including an overlooked early historical document in favor of the Trinity. 

Suan talks to one of his classmates at Harvard University, Sea-Yun Pius Joung, who is also a brilliant Catholic thinker. 

Ben Bollinger, a promising young Orthodox thinker, raises a new argument against sola scriptura. Suan, an ex-Protestant Catholic, offers some pushback. 

Seraphim Hamilton discusses how Protestants and Orthodox/Catholics interpret the Bible differently and flaws in the Protestant hermeneutic. 

Erick Ybarra responds to Gavin Ortlund's case against Vatican I based on Pope Vigilius and the witness of other scholars by providing the evidence for Vatican I in the first 1,000 years of Christianity. 

In this presentation, Suan Sonna argues that there is a plausible case to be made of development from the apostles to Nicaea II on the matter of image veneration. Suan first responds to Gavin Ortlund's objection that Nicaea II rejects development in the cultic use of images from the apostles to the Council. Suan accomplishes this by examining the decree and sessions of the Council. The second section fills in the details on image veneration between the apostles and the Council, arguing that there has always been a cultic use of sacred images in Christianity.

According to the Bible and Second Temple Judaism, who or what is Satan? Thomas Farrar explores this question with immense clarity and rigor. 

Jimmy Akin explains the Catholic Church's openness and limits on evolutionary theory. 

Did Matthew or Mark come first? David defends Matthean priority.