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Alex's Substack: https://substack.com/@aquinasandbeyond
Pat's Substack: https://journalofabsolutetruth.substack.com/
00:00 – Introduction
04:25 – The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge and Free Will
08:16 – The Infallible 8-Ball: Does Knowing the Future Make It Necessary?
12:16 – Aristotle, Future Truths, and the Sea Battle
15:49 – Divine Simplicity and God’s Eternal Knowledge
20:10 – Divine Causality: Does God Cause Our Free Choices?
24:56 – Can God Cause an Action Without Determining It?
27:35 – God as Author: Does the Analogy Preserve Freedom?
31:26 – What Is Libertarian Free Will, Really?
34:04 – Free Will in Heaven and Hell
37:23 – From Foreknowledge to Predestination
44:34 – What Catholics Must Affirm About Grace and Predestination
48:16 – Was Aquinas a Determinist?
50:06 – Mystery, Analogy, and the Limits of Understanding God
56:20 – Thomists vs. Jesuits: The De Auxiliis Controversy
1:00:17 – Why the Church Never Settled the Predestination Debate
1:03:25 – What to Do When Theology Starts to Shake Your Faith
1:05:43 – Newman, Patience, and Intellectual Humility
1:08:15 – Where to Find Alex & Final Thoughts
