Ep. #268 – Fr. Garrigou on the Motives of Credibility w/ Dr. Sirilla

Summary

What has Dr. Michael Sirilla been up to? Why are these two volumes On Divine Revelation so important? What are the motives of credibility? What is their role for believers? What are some different distinctions Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange makes when setting out the motives of credibility? Dr. Michael Sirilla rejoins the show to discuss these topics.

Guest Bio

Michael Sirilla is a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 2002. His research has focused on ecclesiology and Aquinas’s theology of the episcopacy. Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, OP wrote the foreword for his book, The Ideal Bishop: Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles. His other research interests include natural theology, fundamental theology, and the theology of the Church’s magisterium. He lives in Steubenville, Ohio with his wife, Laura, and their nine children.

Resources

On Divine Revelation by Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange (trans. by Matthew K. Minerd)

The Ideal Bishop: Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles

The First Way in the Summa Theologiae (newadvent.org)

Theologyandinsanity.com (website for the podcast hosted by Michael Sirilla and Dave VanVickle)

The Magisterium Explained taught by Dr. Michael Sirilla (at the St. Paul Center)

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