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February 9th @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Master Class on Grace, Free Choice, and the Infused Virtues

Feb 09
Master Class on Grace, Free Choice, and the Infused Virtues

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Open to current university students and faculty. A link to the readings will be provided for registrants.

SESSION I: “Grace and Free Choice”

Primary Reading:

  • Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 83, art. 1-4

Secondary Reading:

  • Servais Pinckaers OP, The Sources of Christian Ethics, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995), chapters XIV-XV on the liberty of indifference and liberty of quality.
  • Daniel Westberg, Right Practical Reason. Aristotle, Action, and Prudence in Aquinas, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994), p. 119-135.
  • Wojciech Giertych OP, “Conscience and the Liberum Arbitrium”, in: Crisis of Conscience, ed. by John M. Haas, (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1996), p. 51-78.

SESSION II: “Virtues infused by grace. What are they?”

Primary Reading:

  • Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Ia-IIae, q. 63, art. 1-4

Secondary Reading:

  • Servais Pinckaers OP, “The Role of Virtue in Moral Theory”, the pinckaers reader Renewing Moral Theology, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2005), p. 288-303.
  • Romanus Cessario, OP, “What Causes the Moral Virtues to Develop”, The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics, (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991), p. 94-125.
  • Wojciech Giertych OP, “Virtue and Addiction”, Nova et Vetera, English Edition, (Fall 2015), p. 969-1002.

Fr. Giertych also gave a lecture on “The Moral Theology of Aquinas: Is it for Individuals?” on Thursday, February 8.

On Saturday, February 10, he joined with Notre Dame’s John C. Cavadini to lead a discussion on “The Role and Future of Theology” in the academy and the Church. View photos of that discussion.


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