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Embryonic Stem Cells, Adult Stem Cells, and Medical Treatments

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March 7, 2009
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by Dr. David Fleischacker Only adult stem cells work in adult tissues. Embryonic stem cells work in embryos, not mature organisms. The Term “Stem Cell” […]

40 Years Since Humanae Vitae: A Metaphysical Distinction

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January 27, 2009
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by Dr. David Fleischacker As with men, the organic and psychic life of women possesses an intelligibility that begins with the finality to conceive […]

Necessity in St. Anselm’s Notion of Method in Theology

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December 31, 2008
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by Brother Dunstan Robidoux, O.S.B.

Lonergan and Aquinas and Questions about Using a Faculty Psychology

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December 18, 2008
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by Dunstan Robidoux, OSB In the works of Aquinas and, sometimes, even in some of Lonergan’s writings, one finds references to human conscious life in […]

Love of the gods, of God, and the Capacity for self-transcendence.

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October 28, 2008
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St. Thomas Aquinas argues that sanctifying grace transforms the very essence of the human soul (Summa Theologica, I-II, Q 110, a. 4). This essence is […]

40 Years After Humanae Vitae: Male Procreative Schemes

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October 4, 2008
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by Dr. David Fleischacker Some say men all start with a female body, however this is only partially true as far as I can tell. […]

Lonergan and Aquinas: Isomorphism and Proportionality

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September 29, 2008
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by Br. Dunstan Robidoux OSB The Thomism of Lonergan’s philosophy and theology is accepted by some and rejected by others. On the one hand, Lonergan […]

40 Years after Humanae Vitae: Part 4, The Oocyte

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August 18, 2008
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by Dr. David Fleischacker The oocyte (the unfertilized egg) has an interesting formation. Before a little girl is born, all of the oocytes that she […]

St. Thomas on why there are only three Persons when there are four mutually opposed relations in the Holy Trinity

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August 12, 2008
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by Dr. David Fleischacker In the first part of the Summa Theologicae, question 30, article 2, St. Thomas is presenting the intelligible grounds for the […]

40 years after Humanae Vitae: Part 3, a note on counterpositions

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July 29, 2008
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by David Fleischacker This last week, I gave a little talk on the role of the Church in the conversion of St. Augustine, and in […]

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