Episode 166 debuts on February 13, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The ‘Terrible Reality’ of Hell.

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• • Imagine There’s No Hell — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • There Is a Hell, and It Makes Perfect Sense — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Hans Urs von Balthasar’s New Theology — at catholicism.org
  • The Dogma of Faith Defended Against Right-Wing Liberals — by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

Dante and the Three Kingdoms by Domenico di Michelino

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Episode 165 debuts on February 6, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Vision of God and the Fellowship of the Blessed.

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• • Saint Augustine on Friendship — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Heaven: A Holy Beatitude, not a Carnal Fantasy — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Catholic Encyclopedia on Heaven — from newadvent.org
  • Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange,OP on Beatific Joy — from catholictreasury.info
  • Rev. Arthur Devine on Heaven — from catholicapologetics.info

Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven by Fra Angelico

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Episode 164 debuts on January 30, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is St. Augustine, Genesis, and Theistic Evolution. My guest is Joseph Gedney.

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• St. Augustine Rediscovered: A Defense of the Literal Interpretation of St. Augustine’s Writings on the Sacred History of Genesis — by Joseph Gedney at kolbecenter.org
  
• Theistic Evolution: A Modern Feat or an Old Foot? — by Joseph Gedney at kolbecenter.org
• Darwin’s Documentaries — humorous video productions of the Gedney family at kolbecenter.org
• Augustine: Young Earth Creationist — by Prof. Benno Zuiddam (short rundown from a Protestant website)

St. Augustine in His Study by Vittore Carpaccio

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Episode 163 debuts on January 23, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Death and Beauty.

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• • On Being Beautiful — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Reflections on Knowledge, Beauty, and Wisdom by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • But God is also Beauty — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Dies Irae Latin and English Text — at franciscan-archive.org
  • Dies Irae — at Wikipedia.org
  • Dies Irae (Mass for the Dead, Sequence, Male Voices) — at YouTube.com
  • Dies Irae in The Shining — at YouTube.com
  • Dies Irae in the Movies — at YouTube.com

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni

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Episode 162 debuts on January 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Mary’s Perpetual Virginity. 

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• Our Lady Ever-Virgin: Isaias 7:14 and the Hebrew Word Alma — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org
• Mary Ever Virgin — Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Mary’s Perpetual Virginity — by Mark Alessio at catholicism.org
• Biblical Evidence for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary — by Dave Armstrong at ncregister.com

Education of the Virgin by Charles-Antoine Coypel

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Episode 161 debuts on January 9, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Adam and Eve before the Fall. My guest is Father Thomas Crean, OP.

Listen now! (still pending)

• The Perfection of our First Parents, According to St Thomas Aquinas — by Father Thomas Crean, OP, at kolbecenter.org

The Creation of Adam depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

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Episode 160 debuts on January 2, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Catholic versus Protestant Views of Justification.

Listen now! (still pending)

• Irreconcilable Doctrines on Justification — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• We Need Grace! — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Faith and Good Works — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

“St. Joseph and the Christ Child” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) source. Saint Joseph was a “just man” (Matt. 1:19). His justice was not a legal fiction, but an internal reality. It was holiness.

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