Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

A podcast featuring some of the founding members of The Sacra Doctrina Project discussing theological questions with other academic theologians and philosophers. The podcast takes place in a quaestiones disputatae style, encouraging lively and charitable debate. Listen to the most recent episode below.

Episodes

June 2, 2025 76 mins

Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Joey Belleza is joined by Alexander Masir, for a discussion of the solemnity of Corpus Christi.

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about liturgical commentaries, feminism, and original sin.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.

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Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Elliot Polsky and Urban Hannon discuss three medieval theories of the meaning of the word "is," and what difference this makes to contemporary discussions of "esse."

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For further reading:

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTMS

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTMS-2

https://philpapers.org/rec/POLTSO-22

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about moral manuals, eucharistic adoration, and hell.

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Today on Sed Contra, the Sacra Doctrina Project's Joey Belleza is joined by Fr. Clinton Sensat, of the Diocese of Lafayette, for a discussion on St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio.

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March 24, 2025 62 mins

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about human dignity, the sexual difference, and the value of modern philosophy.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.

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March 10, 2025 60 mins

Today on Sed Contra, SDP members Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Elliot Polsky, and Pater Edmund Waldstein discuss the modern turn to the subject, as well as its various philosophical, cultural, and religious implications.

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February 28, 2025 68 mins

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about usury, Latin, and the Academy Awards.

To submit your questions about whatever for a future episode, email us at thequodlibets@gmail.com.

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the beatific vision, Christ and the Trinity, and why theology does not divide into liberal and conservative.

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February 3, 2025 60 mins

Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about beauty, the transcendentals, where to start reading St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Italian virtue of *sprezzatura*.

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January 20, 2025 78 mins

Today on Sed Contra, SDP members Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi, Daniel Drain, and Kara Johnson discuss gender and sex. They consider these in the light of the Catholic theological tradition, with special attention to St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Francis.

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the film Conclave, how to think about vocations, and the relationship between theology and liturgy.

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about the theological significance of the moon, the historical status of the garden of Eden, and the personality of angels.

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Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic answer your questions about translations of the sacred scriptures, how to teach RCIA (OCIA?), and whether there is time in heaven.

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November 6, 2024 45 mins

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On this the pilot episode of The Quodlibets, Urban Hannon, Taylor Patrick O'Neill, and Matthew Dugandzic introduce the new ask-us-anything podcast of the Sacra Doctrina Project, share their thirty-second life stories, and answer their colleagues' questions about study habits, literature, and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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Links:

Donum vitae

https://www.vatican.va/roman\_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc\_con\_cfaith\_doc\_19870222\_respect-for-human-life\_en.html

Dignitas personae

https://www.vatican.va/roman\_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc\_con\_cfaith\_doc\_20081208\_dignitas-personae\_en.html

 

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April 18, 2024 60 mins

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