The Absolute Primacy of Christ

The Cornerstone #1 - Fr. Maximilian Mary launches the 1st program on the Absolute Primacy of Christ >>> Play Ave Maria! Fr. Maximilian Mary Dean initiates a series based on his book A…

The Cornerstone #2 - Jesus, the Chief Cornerstone of God's eternal plan >>> Play Ave Maria! In this episode Fr. Maximilian Mary turns to Sacred Scripture to proclaim that in God's eternal designs…

The Cornerstone #3 - St. Thomas Aquinas leans towards the opinion that if man had not sinned, there would not have been the Incarnation. >>> Play Ave Maria! While the Angelic Doctor, St.…

The Cornerstone #4 - St. Thomas Aquinas himself shows the plausibility and even probability that if man had not sinned, there would have been the Incarnation. >>> Play Ave Maria! Did you know…

The Cornerstone #5 - Bl. John Duns Scotus held that sin or no sin, there would have been the Incarnation. >>> Play Update: Oops! The text and title for this post is now…

The Cornerstone #6 - According to the Franciscan thesis, the Absolute Primacy of Christ is an important question >>> Play Ave Maria! Note from the webmaster: If the title and text of this…

The Cornerstone #7 - Predestination in Christ "before the foundation of the world" >>> Play Ave Maria! The entire philosophical and theological school of Bl. John Duns Scotus hinges upon predestination. In order…

The Cornerstone #8 - All Scotists and Thomists agree that Jesus came to redeem fallen mankind >>> Play Ave Maria! Some object to the Franciscan thesis on the Incarnation by quoting the Creed:…

The Cornerstone #9 - Christ is that blessed end for which all things were created >>> Play Ave Maria! St. Paul speaks of the "mystery of His will", God's "eternal purpose", which is…

The Cornerstone #10 - All things are created under the headship of Christ >>> Play Ave Maria! God's divine designs were not only to communicate His grace and glory to one created nature…

The Cornerstone #11 - God's eternal plan has an ordered priority >>> Play Ave Maria! One of the chief objections of the Thomists to the Franciscan thesis is that "God is outside of…

The Cornerstone #12 - God's intention is that we be "conformed to the image of His Son" Rm. 8:29 >>> Play Ave Maria! Returning to St. Paul, Fr. Maximilian Mary begins to look…

The Cornerstone #13 - Is there a conflict between predestination and man's freedom? >>> Play Ave Maria! Continuing his reflections on Romans 8:29, Fr. Maximilian Mary briefly tackles the topic of predestination and…

The Cornerstone #14 - The Eastern tradition focuses on man's elevation in Christ >>> Play Ave Maria! At the Monastery of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of St.…

The Cornerstone #15 - "Partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4) >>> Play Ave Maria! Such passages of the Sacred Page as 2 Peter 1:4 and 2 Corinthians 8:9 manifest that another…