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RCSC 103: Apologetics
Introduction
Course Outline and Recommended Resources
Course Introduction (10:30)
I. Natural Apologetics
Intro to Natural Apologetics (6:39)
A. The History, Nature, Power, and Limits of Apologetics
1. The History of Apologetics until the 20th Century (40:46)
2. The Decline and Renewal of Apologetics in the 20th Century (27:30)
3. Approaches to a Renewed Apologetics (23:24)
4. A New Apologetics on the Way of Beauty (13:00)
B. Objective Truth
5. Introduction to the Debate over Truth (4:47)
6. A Response to Five Forms of Subjectivism (13:08)
7. Common Objections against Objective Truth (19:30)
C.1. The Existence and Nature of God: God's Existence
8. From the New Atheism to Atheism 2.0 and beyond (26:16)
9. The Kalam Cosmological Argument (18:29)
10. A Thomistic Metaphysical Argument for God (19:31)
11. The Moral Argument for God (13:14)
12. The Argument from Conscience for God (9:12)
13. The Argument from Desire for God (12:37)
C.2. The Existence and Nature of God: God's Nature
14. Distinguishing God from the gods (21:40)
15. The Attributes of God (27:44)
C.3. The Existence and Nature of God: The Silence of God and the Problem of Evil
16. Distinguishing Various Versions of the Problem of Evil (47:20)
17. Clarifying Terms and Dissolving the Problem of Evil (37:13)
18. The Logical and Evidential Problems of Evil (22:12)
II. Christian Apologetics
Intro to Christian Apologetics (5:27)
A. The Bible
19. Rival Interpretations of the Bible (17:31)
20. Dealing with Apparent Biblical Contradictions (10:21)
21. The Authenticity, Purity, and Reliability of the Bible (20:45)
B. The Divinity of Christ
22. The Unique Claims of Christ and Why they Matter (9:04)
23. The Quintilemma regarding the Identity of Christ (28:05)
24. The Minimal Facts Approach to the Resurrection (19:43)
25. The Five Main Theories about the First Easter (28:42)
III. Catholic Apologetics
Intro to Catholic Apologetics (6:38)
A. Sacred Tradition and the Canon of Sacred Scripture
26. Responding to the Main Verses Used in Support of Sola scriptura (26:48)
27. Biblical and Historical Evidence for Sacred Tradition (10:10)
28. In Support of Bigger Bibles (13:12)
29. Protestant Attempts to Justify Biblical Canon (6:20)
B. The Papacy
30. The Chief Petrine Passages of the Bible (18:09)
31. Responding to Apparent Disproofs of Papal Authority (28:29)
C. The Ministerial Priesthood and the Eucharist
32. The Ministerial Priest and His Unique Sacramental Mission (15:09)
33. Christ Truly Present in the Blessed Sacrament (15:05)
D. Baptism and Salvation
34. The Saving Waters of Regeneration in Baptism (24:27)
35. Extrinsic Justification vs. Interior Renewal (16:40)
36. Interpreting James and Paul on Salvation (28:41)
E. Eternal Security and Purgatory
37. Working out Salvation with Fear and Trembling (47:57)
38. The Severe Mercy of Purgatory (40:45)
F. The Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary
39. Communion with the Glorious Cloud of Witnesses (38:22)
40. Mary, Mother and Model Missionary Disciple (62:07)
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