Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, rector of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, discusses topics such as medieval transcendental thought, derived realities, Bonaventure and Aquinas' approaches to transcendental philosophy, Aquinas' theistic arguments, the significance of Christ's suffering and resurrection, and Aquinas' doctrine of the incarnation and the Trinity.
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Kant's Transcendental Turn
Kant makes the subject the source of categories, reversing medieval priorities.
For Kant God becomes a regulative idea rather than a directly knowable cause.
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Rahner's Existential Openness To God
Karl Rahner sees the human mind as predisposed toward the infinite, making God an existential horizon.
Revelation (incarnation) resolves this drive by making the infinite accessible in history.
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Medieval Integration Of External And Internal Paths
Medieval doctors integrate external metaphysical and internal epistemic paths to God.
Aquinas ascends from observable beings outward then inward toward God and the soul's desires.
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This lecture was given on September 14, 2023, at the Thomistic Circles Conference at the Dominican House of Studies
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About the speaker:
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”).
Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018.
In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017.
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