Rome Has Spoken: The Encyclical That Brought Aquinas Back | Aeterni Patris (Apple Video Podcast Test)

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The episode discusses Leo XIII's encyclical Aeterni Patris and its impact on Catholic intellectual formation amidst a changing Europe.

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! Europe is declaring the Catholic faith “obsolete,” the Papal States are gone, and the Pope is effectively boxed into Rome. That’s the moment Leo XIII steps into, and instead of answering with another list of condemnations, he reaches back to a 13th-century friar and bets the future on Catholic intellectual formation. We walk through the history behi...

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Host: Avoiding Babylon Crew

Topics covered

• Catholic faith
• intellectual formation
• history
• Aquinas
• Leo XIII
• encyclical

Keywords

• Leo XIII
• Aeterni Patris
• Catholic faith
• Aquinas
• encyclical
• intellectual formation
• history

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Organizations: Catholic

Books & works: Aeterni Patris

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