Magistri Est Ordinare, or, “It is for teachers to order,” a tutor talk by Dr. Steven Cain at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, on October 8, 2025.

Magistri Est Ordinare

“Analogy in Aquinas: Development or Consistency?” by Shane Dowell (University of St. Thomas, Houston). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

Analogy in Aquinas: Development or Consistency?

“Edith Stein, the Perennial Philosophy, and the Problem of Women,” by Suzie Andres. Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Edith Stein, the Perennial Philosophy, and the Problem of Women”

“The Best Praeambulum Fidei,” by Urban Hannon (University of Fribourg). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“The Best Praeambulum Fidei”

“Aquinas’s Application of the Essence-Energy Distinction to the Divine Attributes in the Summa Theologiae,” by Dr. John Froula (St. Paul Seminary at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas’s Application of the Essence-Energy Distinction to the Divine Attributes in the Summa”

“Aquinas, Boethius, and the Art of Commentary,” by Dr. Anthony Andres (Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, California). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas, Boethius, and the Art of Commentary”

“Aquinas vs Scotus vs Aquinas on the Intrinsic Divisibility of Dimensive Quantity,” by Jordan Raum (Catholic University of America). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Aquinas vs Scotus vs Aquinas on the Intrinsic Divisibility of Dimensive Quantity”

“Homosexuality, a Corrupt Complexio and Brutishness,” by Dr. Janet Smith. Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“Homosexuality, a Corrupt Complexio and Brutishness”

“A Dumb Ox's Prayer to Bellow,” by Dr. Michael Pakaluk (Catholic University of America). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College’s 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

“A Dumb Ox's Prayer to Bellow”

"On the Definition of Person," by Dr. Patrick Gardner (Tutor, Thomas Aquinas College, New England). Presented at Thomas Aquinas College's 2025 Thomistic Summer Conference.

"On the Definition of Person"

Catholic liberal education in Santa Paula, California

“Homosexuality, a Corrupt Complexio and Brutishness”

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