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Everything is Sacred - Credo Magazine
In this 10 Questions Interview Credo editor Scott Meadows talked with Bryan Hollon. Dr. Hollon is president of Trinity Anglican Seminary and an ordained priest in the Anglican Church of North America.
The Beatific Vision Conference | Credo Magazine
Join Credo Conference Apr 24–25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. for worship, creeds, and Socratic-style dialogue on the Beatific Vision.
Henri de Lubac and the Controversy Over Pure Nature - Credo Magazine
Every once in a while, you read a book that gets to the heart of an issue and clarifies what was opaque by making some crucial distinctions.[1] Steven Long’s book, Natura Pura: On the Recovery of Nature in the Doctrine of Grace (Fordham University Press, 2010) is that sort of…
A Haunting Proof - Credo Magazine
There is something haunting about the question of meaning and purpose and significance. Is our world genuinely meaningful, we ask ourselves, or does it just look that way?
The Self-Sufficient God - Credo Magazine
Why is there something rather than nothing? This is a classic philosophical question, and if you find it interesting, perhaps this is because you already have an intuition that the things around you are “contingent,” i.e., they don’t need to exist.
Forgotten or Misunderstood? The Proof from Perfection - Credo Magazine
Thomas Aquinas’s fourth way is considered by some to be the least popular. This is perhaps because it seems to depend upon a fairly alien concept of being that moderns don’t really understand anymore.
God As the Ultimate Cause - Credo Magazine
Why is there something, rather than nothing at all? How is it that this “something,” both in its arrangement and unfolding, manifests order and thus intelligibility?
God as the Ultimate Mover - Credo Magazine
Over the course of his career, Thomas Aquinas formulated many arguments for God’s existence. The most famous ones are the so-called “five ways”, which appear near the beginning of his Summa theologiae.
To Be a Thomist - Credo Magazine
For this issue of Credo, we sat down with Dr. Matthew Minerd to discuss his life and work as a dedicated Thomist. Dr. Minerd is the author of many books, including the translation of many Thomistic works such as The Thomistic Response to the Nouvelle Théologie.
How to Think Like a Thomist: Substance and Accidents - Credo Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QmUeRJsFA The world is not a place of static individuals, but of active realities. Thomas Aquinas thought that all of reality could be classified according to the distinction between substance and accident.
How to Think Like a Thomist: Nature and Natures - Credo Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAxWroDwOZM Is there such a thing as human nature, or is that simply a conventional idea? Think about an adolescent; that adolescent used to be a baby; that baby used to be an embryo.
The Legacy of Nicaea & the Future of Anglicanism - Credo Magazine
Dr. Matthew Barrett delivered the John H Rodgers Lecture Series at Trinity Anglican Seminary. You can read the lecture on Credo or Dr. Barrett's Substack.
How to Think Like a Thomist: Universals and Particulars, Genus and Species - Credo Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycjjDaX1rFQ “Each stage of cognitive development is grounded in the previous stage and the structure of the world itself helps us to ascend from the Cave of Ignorance.
Nicaea and the Future of Anglicanism - Credo Magazine
On October 30th Matthew Barrett delivered the John Rodgers Lecture series at Trinity Anglican Seminary. Dr. Barrett is Research Professor of Theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary.
How to Think Like a Thomist: The Real Distinction - Credo Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFHSUFGgXzc If everything in this world that we experience receives its existence from another, then it can only be explained with reference to the others that cause it to be.
How to Think Like a Thomist: Essence and Existence - Credo Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9twxzDealBY The Pre-Socratics tried to explain everything as elemental fire or water or spirit. Many contemporary scientists try to explain everything as ordered bundles of chemicals, molecules, and atoms.
What is the Beatific Vision? - Credo Magazine
The beatific vision is the ultimate creaturely experience, when we see God in heaven. Few doctrines are as universal throughout church history and yet as misunderstood and neglected today as the beatific vision, according to Gavin Ortlund.
Becoming Anglican: An Unexpected Journey - Credo Magazine
We are becoming Anglican. I never thought I would write those words.
A Letter to Every Student: What If Education Moved Beyond the Love of Spectacle? - Credo Magazine
The following is the inaugural convocation address Dr. Matthew Barrett delivered at New Aberdeen College near Charlotte, NC.
A Letter to Every Student - Credo Magazine
We are living in a day when universities are terminating their liberal arts education. The reasoning of these universities is quite modern: these degrees are not practical.