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sister birds please stop singing till we have finished our prayers. This shows attunement of St. Francis with entire creation as sister birds stop singing at his request. ❤🙏

The same the same. We have gone beyond something that came before. But have you? Has anyone when it comes to God?

Awesome explanation, thank you !!

Thank you for your video. @ Minute 34 you showed a list of Agustine's works. What are Pelegiue's works you used to convey his position? In his[Pelegius] letter to Pope Innocent 1, he says "25. Free will we do so own, as to say that we always stand in need of God’s help; and that as well they are in an error who say with Manichaeus that a man cannot avoid sin, as they who affirm with Jovinian that a man cannot sin; for both of these take away the freedom of the will. But we say that a man always is in a state that he may sin, or may not sin, so as to own ourselves always to be of a free will." So Peleigus by his own words says 1) that we are free, but always in need of grace. 2) that man is in a state or has the nature of being able to sin and able to not sin. That is what it means to have "free" will, the ability to sin or not sin. This is the same idea C.S. Lewis champions. Pelagius rejects the idea that men are bound in a nature that is wholly good or bound in a nature that is wholly bad. He affirms that we need grace. likewise in his[ Pelegius] Letter to Demetrius he says "1. Whenever I have to speak on the subject of moral instruction and the conduct of a holy life, it is my practice first to demonstrate the power and quality of human nature and to show what it is capable of achieving, and then to go on to encourage the mind of my listener to consider the idea of different kinds of virtues, in case it may be of little or no profit to him to be summoned to pursue ends which he has perhaps assumed hitherto to be beyond his reach..." and "2. First, then, you ought to measure the good of human nature by reference to its creator, I mean God, of course: if it is he who, as the report goes, has made all the works of and within the world good, exceeding good, how much more excellent do you suppose that he has made man himself, on whose account he has clearly made everything else? And before actually making man, he deter¬mines to fashion him in his own image and likeness and shows what kind of creature he intends to make him..." Pelegius seems to say that yes we all sin, and all need grace and a savior for that sin, but our nature is due to the imago dei, and it is capable of doing good or doing wrong. it is capable of following God's commands. Though men all fail to live out those commands perfectly, it still remains to our nature the capacity to do them. just not the actual of perfecting them. God's grace is for the failure to be perfect, not the inability to do good. Grace is gifted to us because we missed the mark, not because we are corrupted entirely in our nature. Grace secures our salvation from the judgement due to our wrong actions, not from our inable and bound nature. 17.1 "Why do we indulge in pointless evasions, advancing the frailty of our nature as an objection to the one who commands us? No one knows better the true measure of our strength than he who has given it to us nor does anyone understand better how much we are able to do than he who has given us this very capacity of ours to be able; nor has he who is just wished to command anything impossible or he who is good intended to condemn a man for doing what he could not avoid doing. 17, 1. The words which follow are: ‘That you may be blameless and innocent’ - that is, with reference to the fully perfect life....For if even those who by long habit of sinning have somehow buried the good of nature are able to be restored by repentance and, by changing their chosen way of life, to wipe out one habit by another and leave the ranks of the worst for those of the best, how much more able are you to overcome evil habits which have never succeeded in overcoming you, since for you it is not so much a matter of driving vices out as of keeping them away! "

Just became a Catholic this September 2023 after 52 years as a Protestant. This was extremely interesting. Thank you.

Such an impressive servant of God, our great Irenaeus. He makes a great argument for the validity of the Catholic Church as "pillar and foundation of truth". Thanks for sharing your story

Our inner want is to not choose God because of our sinful nature, due to the fall. Therefore, we can't possibly choose God, we are totally depraved of our sins. Now that doesn't mean that we are the worst we could possibly be, but we are totally depraved of our sin, meaning we CANNOT choose God He had to choose us, before the foundations of the world. We are totally depraved, and unconditionally elected, meaning we know there is a God, and we desire to obey him, but due to our sin TOTALLY controlling us, we cannot possibly choose him. However, those who were elected, by God, before the foundations of the earth, are sanctified through their faith in God and desire to obey him to the best of their ability. So we cannot choose Him, He chose us. What a great God. And if you don't believe that we are totally depraved of our sin, then you go against the very bible you read and teach. Throughout the bible we see that we are fallen, God chose us, and he is gracious in his judgment to his elect. Meaning he loved his elect so much that he died for you so that you would not have to pay the price for your sin, which is death in hell. Many people will say that because God didn't elect everyone he isn't loving, and I can't explain that. But what I can say is that God did elect some and didn't elect others. No matter what, love and serve God, try to follow to the best of your ability His word, and His word ALONE.

Philippians 4:22 “All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.” A saint is someone who is saved by the blood of JESUS it is not an appointed office . Paul also used it as a salutation in his Correspondence!

Since both my parents left the Catholic Church before my birth, I was unfortunately not raised a Catholic. But at age 7, I was shown a statuette of the Blessed Virgin and I instantly knew She was my mother. But the years went by and I lost my fervor. Then, at age 15, I read about Francis of Assisi from two sources: St. Bonaventure and G.K. Chesterton. At that point my fate was set because I knew that my love for the Blessed Mother, and with my fascination and admiration for St. Francis would never leave me; and I knew that my renewed fervor for Catholicism would be a powerful force in my adult life. Sadly, I failed to always obey the commandments. There were years during which I became lax and didn’t recognize my own mediocrity. But I never stopped believing that the Roman Catholic Church was the only true Church. I never felt anything but love and admiration for the Mother of God and for her medieval knight, Francis. Today I’m a conservative Catholic and a daily communicant. My beloved parents have long since passed. But Our Lady and St. Francis took their place, in a sense, and I pray daily for my mom and dad’s immortal souls. For me, St. Francis is just below Our Lady in the ranks of the saints. What an incredible human being. And Dr. Dawson Vasquez has done a fabulous job of teaching us about St. Francis.

Thx sir

Thank you for making these videos I have watched several now and they have been a help to me. That is all. Peace. 😊

Good job prof

Thank you David. Wonderful explanation of the Chapel but even better, the magnificent explanation of The Trinity and how we’re part of it, and the story of the beautiful mosaic and the founder.

Rupnik is a vile sexual abuser. These ghastly hideous works should be removed from all churches.

A lot of the Angel hierarchy is pure speculation

Jesus was only an ordinary man. He had natural death just as every human being.

Grace is the prime mover in the sanctification process; our assent - our 'Fiat' - is only a secondary cause... By receiving the Life of God through the Sacraments, we partake of His omnipotence through Hope; of His omniscience through Faith; and of His Love through Charity. The degree to which we do so is potentially infinite but, in practical terms, depends on how far we have strayed away from Him. Acts of virtue performed under the influence of the Holy Spirit is credited to us by God's mercy and results in a greater participation in His nature. But this sanctification process cannot get underway unless we first shed our pride and allow God to work through us. Thus, the main objective of any good Christian should be to crucify his or her pride. Thank you very much for posting this video and addressing this most important of questions: a good understanding of Grace is crucial - no pun intended - to our sanctification!

Great explanation I thought the same studying Epictetus I understand thanks

Thank you this is super helpful!

how wonderful! thank you

A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING. Jesus has the Father who IS HERE and is a spirit "God is a spirit.". Jesus talks about TWO Persons: the Son and the Father over and over again, a very long list. Thus, when He talks about the TWO blasphemies of course you expect the second blasphemy to be directed to the Father. The name "Holy Spirit" surprisingly appears there instead! Well, you can figure out that probably "Holy Spirit" is just the "Spirit-name" given by Jesus to the "SPIRIT who is the Father", in order to distinguish Him from other spirits (e.g., from the Spirit of truth). In other words the "Father WHO IS A SPIRIT" is called "FATHER" by Jesus. But inversely the "SPIRIT who is the Father" (nothing changes, He is the same God, Jesus just emphasizes He is a spirit) is called "HOLY SPIRIT" by Jesus. Thus, "HOLY SPIRIT" is simply a SECOND EQUIVALENT NAME of "FATHER," NOT a third divine person. The two fully EQUIVALENT NAMES are used interchangeably in the various events disclosed by the gospels (Mary's pregnancy, Jesus' baptism (the Father - AKA Holy Spirit - speaks and takes actions in heaven), the same Father-Spirit also helps Jesus in his journey into the wilderness and in speaking, see the 2 blasphemies...). (In that latter event Jesus could have said that blasphemy against THE FATHER will not be forgiven, there would be no difference.) You have strong PROOF that the name "Holy Spirit" identifies the Father: the Holy Spirit is with Jesus, but you know that THE FATHER is the ONLY ONE Person with Jesus "I am not ALONE because the Father is with me" (reiterated many times in all different ways, Father and Son, Son and Father...). Therefore, the Holy Spirit with Jesus can only be the Father, who is the ONLY PERSON there with Him. All that means NO THIRD divine person exists, just Father and Son ("I am in the Father and the Father is in me"). PERIOD.

Excellent lecture and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

Thank you Professor. This is very nice.

Thank you professor for this. God bless. Agnes Moyo

Thank you so much for sharing this great lecture.

"The sharp razor of 19th century German Lutheran criticism" ❤

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for. God bless you.