On this page you will find links to all of the various essays, presentations, exegeses, etc., which I have produced during the course of my studies here at the I.T.I. in Austria. If you are interested in philosophical or theological topics, or just in getting a feel for what I've been up to all these years, I invite you to have a look. I hope you enjoy them, feel free to criticize them!
Part I. Sacrae Theologiae Magister
Part I. Sacrae Theologiae Magister
Philosophy
~ STM 113. Form and Matter in Aristotle's Physics.
~ STM 123. Motion in Aristotle's Physics and Its Relation to the Infinite, to Place, and to Time.
~ STM 214. The Benefit of Philosopher-Kings according to Socrates in Plato's Republic.
~ STM 123. Motion in Aristotle's Physics and Its Relation to the Infinite, to Place, and to Time.
~ STM 214. The Benefit of Philosopher-Kings according to Socrates in Plato's Republic.
~ STM 214. Aristotle on Politics: The Inclusive Rule of the Virtuous.
~ STM 223. The Priority of Actuality to Potency: A Textual Analysis of Aristotle's Metaphysics Bk. IX, Ch. 8.
~ STM 313. Descartes's Understanding of Being.
~ STM 323. The Explication of Truth in History.
Church History
~ STM 222. St. Thomas More's Dialogue Concerning Heresies.
~ STM 222. Jacques Maritain's The Peasant of the Garonne: An Old Layman Questions Himself about the Present Time.
Biblical Studies
~ STM 211. The Redemptive Suffering of Christ in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger.
~ STM 221. Textual Analysis of Genesis 37.
~ STM 221. The Expiatory Power of Blood.
~ STM 311. The Triumph of the Love of God over the Sin of His People in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
~ STM 411. Principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation.
~ STM 411. The Dereliction of Christ: Theological Exegesis of Matthew 27:45-50.
~ STM 421. The Glory of the Cross: Revelation of God's Love and Source of Life.
~ STM 511. 'Made a Curse for Us': Martin Luther and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Interpretation of Galatians 3:13.
Theology
~ STM 225. Image, Likeness, and Trace in St. Thomas Aquinas's Theological Anthropology.
~ STM 313. Love and Self-Gift: Sacrifice in St. Augustine's City of God (published in Antiphon 11.2 [2007]: 78-85).
~ STM 325. An Interpretation of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Liberty in Light of Catholic Tradition.
~ STM 412. The Virtue of Faith: Its Definition in Relation to Its Act and Its Object.
~ STM 422. The Trinitarian Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas in Relation to John 5:17-20.
~ STM 423. God's Knowledge of Himself and of Creation.
~ STM 424. A Brief Overview of St. Thomas's Treatise on Happiness (Summa theologiae I-II, qq. 1-5).
~ STM 426. The Christological Foundation for the Veneration of Holy Icons.
~ STM 427. Good Habits and Their Connections: Summa theologiae I-II, qq. 55-70.
Part II. Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus
~ TRL 015. St Thomas Aquinas's Theology of Sacrifice: Toward a Renewed Conception of the Sacred Priesthood (preparing for publication).
~ STL-SYS 601. Aquinas and Ratzinger on the Dating of the Last Supper: In Defense of the Synoptic Chronology (forthcoming from New Blackfriars).
~ STL-SYS 602. A Hermeneutic of Continuity: Reconciling Vatican II with Tradition.
~ STL-SYS 602. The Doctrine of Original Sin according to St. Thomas Aquinas.
~ STL-BBL 602. Song of Songs 5-6.
~ STL-BBL 602. Song of Songs I: Textual Analysis and Commentary.
~ STL-FAM 603. Marriage and the Family: A Proposal for a Pastoral Approach.
~ STL-BYZ 608. The Coronation of Charlemagne.
