Summa in a Year
Austin Habash
Hi, my name is Austin Habash, Founder of Think Catholic, and you're listening to the Summa in a Year Podcast, where we study St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae in a way simple & insightful for anyone to understand. The Summa in a Year Podcast is brought to you by Think Catholic. Taking 2 questions of the Summa of a Day; we'll seek to summarize St. Thomas’s responses, discovering the brilliance of Aquinas and his Catholic Faith.
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Jan 20, 2026 • 7min
Day 286: More Impediments
In this episode, we cover questions 57 & 58 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of Legal Relationship, Which Is by Adoption" and "Of the Impediments of Impotence, Spell, Frenzy or Madness, Incest and Defective Age."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 18, 2026 • 10min
Day 285: Affinity
In this episode, we cover questions 55 & 56 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Impediment of Affinity" and "Of the Impediment of Spiritual Relationship."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 17, 2026 • 9min
Day 284: Impediment of Consanguinity
In this episode, we cover questions 53 & 54 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Impediment of Vows and Orders" and "Of the Impediment of Consanguinity."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 16, 2026 • 6min
Day 283: Error & Slavery
In this episode, we cover questions 51 & 52 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Impediment of Error" and "Of the Impediment of the Condition of Slavery."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 10, 2026 • 9min
Day 282: Goods of Marriage
In this episode, we cover questions 49 & 50 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of Compulsory and Conditional Consent" and "Of the Object of the Consent."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 9, 2026 • 9min
Day 281: Compulsory Consent
In this episode, we cover questions 47 & 48 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of Compulsory and Conditional Consent" and "Of the Object of the Consent."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 8, 2026 • 8min
Day 280: Marriage Consent
In this episode, we cover questions 45 & 46 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Marriage Consent Considered in Itself" and "Of the Consent to Which an Oath or Carnal Intercourse Is Added."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 5, 2026 • 8min
Day 279: Defining Marriage
In this episode, we cover questions 43 & 44 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of Matrimony with Regard to the Betrothal" and "Of the Definition of Matrimony."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 4, 2026 • 17min
Day 278: Marriage
In this episode, we cover questions 41 & 42 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Sacrament of Matrimony As Directed to an Office of Nature" and "Of Matrimony As a Sacrament."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
Jan 3, 2026 • 16min
Day 277: Vestments & Impediments
In this episode, we cover questions 39 & 40 of the fifth volume of the Summa, which is "Of the Impediments to This Sacrament" and "Of the Things Annexed to the Sacrament of Order."Looking for a text to accompany the “Summa in a Year” podcast?Check out the recently updated “Summa Theologica, Complete 5-Volume Set” by @avemariapressGet your set at avemariapress.com/products/summa-theologica, and at a discounted price by typing in the code: Summa10.Help us spread the brilliance of Aquinas, and his Catholic Faith by doing the following:1) Share the "Summa in a Year" podcast with a loved one!2) Leave a rating!3) Write a kind reviewFollow Think Catholic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/think__catholic/Follow Think Catholic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZtQg8v681X4V1DWoFJB8w#philosophy #summa #summainayear #catholicbooks #catholicauthors #stthomas #summatheologica #summatheologiae
