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Understanding the Triune God (4124)

In this video, Dr. Biermann discusses the nature of the Trinity.

Christian Doctrine, Rev. Dr. Joel BiermannAquinas, Arianism, Arius, attributes of God, Augustine, father, hierarchy, Holy Spirit, perochoresis, Son, submission, Trinity, triune God

Perspectives on Free Will (6207)

In this video, Dr. Rast contrasts different perspectives on free will: Pelagianism, Augustine’s bound will, Cassian’s Semi-Pelagianism, and Thomas Aquinas’s synergism; and how Luther responded with the doctrine of bound choice.

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augustine, bound choice, bound will, Cassian, divine spark, free will, John Cassian, justification, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, Pelagianism, Pelagius, prevenient grace, Semi-Pelagianism, synergism, Thomas Aquinas

Martin Luther Moves Beyond Augustine (6053)

In this video, Dr. Rast details Martin Luther’s examination of Augustine’s teachings in light of Scripture, highlighting areas of agreement and disagreement.

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augsburg Confession, Augustinian Synthesis, Bondage of the Will, forensic justification, human will, John Duns Scotus, Luther, Martin Luther, sacrament, Thomas Aquinas, via antiqua, via moderna, William of Ockham

From Augustine to Aquinas (6052)

In this video, Dr. Rast traces the way in which the church sought to reconcile the teachings of Augustine and Cassian, known as the Augustinian Synthesis, all the way to Thomas Aquinas and the Reformation. Part two of two.

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augustine, Augustinian Synthesis, Cassian, human will, John Cassian, Luther, Martin Luther, Matthew 15, On the Trinity, original sin, prevenient grace, Reformation, St Augustine, synergism, Thomas Aquinas, via antiqua

The Augustinian Synthesis (6051)

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast Jr., The Lutheran Confessions, Varieties of BeliefAquinas, Augustine, Augustinian Synthesis, Cassian, divine spark, Ephesians 2:8-9, good works, human will, John Cassian, Luther, Martin Luther, original sin, prevenient grace, Reformation, St Augustine, synergism, Thomas Aquinas, via antiqua, works righteousness

Augustine of Hippo

In this video, Dr. Kolb offers a brief biography of St. Augustine, an early church father and one of the most important thinkers in the history of the Christian church.

Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb, The Lutheran Confessions, Who's WhoAmbrose, Aquinas, Arian, Arianism, Augustine, Augustinian Order, Augustinians, biography, Chemnitz, church fathers, City of God, Donatist, Donatists, good works, grace alone, Hippo, Luther, Manichaeism, Martin Chemnitz, Melanchthon, On the Spirit and the Letter, Pelagianism, Pelagius, Philipp Melanchthon, Reformation, Semi-Pelagianism, St Augustine, Thomas Aquinas