Tag Archives: Summa Theologiae

Metaphysics and Contraception

Posted by John M. DeJak on January 17th, 2012 • 1 Comment

Recently a class of high school seniors that I teach read St. Thomas Aquinas’s “Treatise on Law” from his magisterial Summa Theologiae. The students struggled through the work and great discussion was sparked over the topic of law generally and the natural law specifically. In leading the class through the discussion with several of my… Continue Reading

Filed Under: DeJak, Essays Tagged: Tags: Catholic Culture, contraception, Fr. John A. Hardon, Heinrich Rommen, John M. DeJak, metaphysics, Natural Law, Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Summa Theologiae

For University Students: Authentic Common Sense in An Age of Uncommon Nonsense

Posted by John M. DeJak on November 14th, 2011 • 2 Comments

I just saw an ad for Google TV. It was entitled “Date Night.” The ad featured a man and a woman sitting on a couch together. The perspective of the viewer is seeing the backs of their heads. Both are watching a screen; playing on the screen is an obvious “romance” movie where a woman… Continue Reading

Filed Under: DeJak, Essays Tagged: Tags: Aquinas, Augustine, Catholic Culture, Catholic Education, Fr. Leo Sweeney, Holiness, Jesuits, Natural Law, saints, Summa Theologiae, University

The Natural Law

Posted by Charles E. Rice on August 18th, 2011 • 0 Comments

THE NATURAL LAW Charles E. Rice Professor Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School Address, Canon Law Conference Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe LaCrosse, Wisconsin August 9, 2011 What is the natural law and why do we need it? The “September Pope,” John Paul I, at his general audience on September 6, 1978, gave us a… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Essays, Regular Contributions, Rice Tagged: Tags: Aquinas, Benedict XVI, Canon Law Conference, John Paul II, Natural Law, Professor Rice, secularism, Summa Theologiae

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