The texts of the 2022-23 lectures is available at a Googledrive folder here.
There is no audio available for this course.
Thursday, 27 April 2023
CL702 Bioethics
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
UTHE105 Life in Christ: The Catechism and Moral Theology
This course is an introduction to Moral Theology,
teaching in parallel with the third part of the Catechism.
This course is taught by Fr Dylan James at the Josephinum Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
Audio of lectures available on a Spotify playlist here
Word documents of each lecture are available in a Googledrive folder here
Aug 24th
1) Introduction: What is Moral Theology? What is the Catechism? What’s in this course?
Aug 26th
2) A History of Moral Theology
Aug 31st
3) The Sources of Moral Theology: Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium
Sept 2nd
4) (a) What is Man? The Image of God
(b) Beatitude
Sept 7th
5) (a) Freedom
(b) Sin as a Perversion of the Quest for happiness
Sept 9th
6) (a) The End doesn’t Justify the Means
(b) Appendix: The Principle of Double Effect
Sept 12th
7) Conscience
Sept 16th
8) (a) The Passions
(b) Virtue
Sept 21st
9) Virtues & Vices: A look at some inter-relationships
Sept 23rd
10) Mortal and Venial Sin
Sept 28th
11) The Natural Moral Law
Sept 30th
12) The Natural Moral Law, continued
Oct 5th
13) Quiz: See the list of 7 Catechism definitions to be memorized
Oct 7th
14) Review Class
Oct 12th
15) Law, Obligation, Epikeia, Probabilism
Oct 14th
16) Midterm Exam
Oct 26th
17) Grace, Merit, and Justification
Oct 28th
18) Society and The Common Good
Nov 2nd
19) Civil Law, the Government, and the Common Good
Nov 4th
20) The Ten Commandments: An Introduction & Summary; Dies Domini: The Lord’s Day
Nov 9th
21) Abortion, Euthanasia, Death Penalty
Nov 11th
22) The Family and Marriage (Unity & Fertility)
Nov 16th
23) Divorce and Second Unions
Nov 18th
24) Self-Defence & Just War
Nov 30th
25) Environmental Ethics
Dec 2nd
26) (a) Social Doctrine and Capitalism
(b) Truth and Lying
Dec 7th
27) (a) Chasity: Integrating the Desires, not suppressing them
(b) The Battle for Purity
(c) Covetousness, Poverty and Purity of Desire
Dec 9th
28) Review Class
Monday, 22 August 2022
CL701 Sexual Morality
This course is an introduction to Catholic Sexual Morality, as given by Fr Dylan James at the Josephinum Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
Word documents of lectures are available at a Googledrive folder here
Aug 22nd
1) Introduction; Sex and the New Evangelisation
Aug 25th
2) Chastity and Society: A historical look at the Judeo-Christian approach
Aug 29th
3) The Bible and Sexuality: An Overview (part 1)
Sept 1st
4) The Bible and Sexuality: An Overview (part 2)
Sept 8th
5) ‘Gender Ideology’ (i): An introduction to the problem
Sept 12th
6) Gender (ii): Seminar Discussion of Holloway, Augustine, and Edith Stein
Sept 15th
7) The Ends of Sex and Marriage: Procreation, Union, Remedy for Concupiscence
Sept 19th
8) Virtue and Sex: Chastity (i)
Sept 22nd
9) Virtue and Sex: Chastity (ii)
Sept 26th
10) Virtue and Sex: Chastity (iii)
Sept 29th
11) Theology of the Body (i)
Oct 3rd
12) Theology of the Body (ii)
Oct 6th
13) Review session
Oct 10th
14) Midterm exam
Oct 13th
15) Marriage and Civil Law & Counterfeit ‘Marriages’
Oct 24th
16) Homosexuality (i)
Oct 27th
17) Homosexuality [ii]
Oct 31st
18) Responsible Parenthood: NFP or Contraception?
Nov 3rd
19) Contraception (i): Janet Smith’s ‘Naturalist’ Argument of Contraception
Nov 7th
20) Contraception (ii): Janet Smith’s ‘Naturalist’ Argument of Contraception
Nov 10th
21) Contraception: Germain Grisez’s ‘Anti-Life Choice’ Argument against Contraception
Nov 14th
22) Divorce, Remarriage (and Holy Communion): The situation pre-Amoris Laetitia
Nov 17th
23) Divorce, Remarriage (and Holy Communion): Amoris Laetitia: Breaking Tradition, or, A Strategy to implement the Tradition? Malta vs Poland
Nov 21st
24) Masturbation and Pornography
Nov 28th
25) Education in Chaste Love
Dec 1st
26) Some Specific Sexual Issues
Dec 5th
27) Review session
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