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November 15, 2021 90 mins

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This is the lecture that sparked worldwide outcry - for all the wrong reasons. In reality, the Regensburg Address is a sparkling meditation on theology, philosophy, and education. Pope Benedict XVI is able to compress profound reflections on the Bible and Greek philosophy into what is a short and accessible lecture. After castigating the media for their bad reporting on the address, Jonathan and Ryan take it apart to reveal its beauty and complexity, covering varied topics including Socrates, the Burning Bush, German philosophy, the Scholastic-Humanist quarrel, Catholicism vs. Protestantism, and the structure of the university.

Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Lecture (“Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections”): https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg.html


Siren Çelik’s Manuel II Palaiologos: https://bookshop.org/books/manuel-ii-palaiologos-1350-1425-a-byzantine-emperor-in-a-time-of-tumult/9781108836593


Pope Benedict XVI’s Truth and Tolerance: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781586170356


Erika Rummel’s The Humanist-Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and the Reformation: https://amzn.to/3kBFyWw


Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780140446081


Sir Anthony Kenny’s Immanuel Kant: A Very Brief History: https://amzn.to/30x7lAr


Sir Roger Scruton’s Kant: A Very Short Introduction: https://amzn.to/3kG5vE7


Beginner Latin 1: Middle School: https://ancientlanguage.com/beginner-latin-middle-school/


Beginner Latin 1: High School: https://ancientlanguage.com/beginner-latin-high-school/


Honors Latin 1 (for students who’ve studied Latin before): https://ancientlanguage.com/honors-latin/

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