Catholic Theological Foundations
Preparatory Homework
Each participant in the DLI is asked to complete some reading in preparation for the following month's class.
To prepare for the first class on the topic of Foundational Theology, Father Kevin Holmes,
asked the students to read the following Church documents:
Practicum in Spiritual Formation
To open our Institute, the class spiritual formation time was used to
celebrate Mass, the source and summit of our faith life.
Class Notes
Father Holmes provided extensive printed notes for this class, which are available in
this PDF file (a copy of which was be provided to the students at class).
Audio Recordings
Due to the generosity of David Stiennon and the Madison Serra Club, audio recordings of this day's activities
are available here. If you would like to purchase a copy of this three-CD audio set for $20, please call the OEC at 608-821-3160.
Introduction (5:41)
Sources in theology (6:28)
What is theology? (9:36)
What is faith? (15:15)
Luther's Solas (3:29)
Book of Mormon (5:07)
Sacred Scripture (6:42)
Q: Inerrency (7:31)
Tradition (9:47)
Development of Doctrine (9:37)
What is theology? (3:03)
Q: Infallible teachings (5:51)
Q: Inerrency (6:05)
Q: What is tradition? (3:37)
Sacred Scripture (7:35)
Typology (6:30)
St. Paul (7:59)
St. Justin Martyr (19:29)
Greek Philosophy (4:44)
Plato (13:19)
St. Augustine (8:25)
The Gnostics (2:14)
Agnostics and atheism (2:24)
Aristotle (6:13)
The Summa (22:59)
"Consubstantiation" (5:42)
Contemporary theology (10:49)
Phenomenology (6:20)
St. Thomas (7:59)
Modern Errors (3:07)
Spiritual Formation Homework
For ongoing spiritual formation, participants were asked
to strive to bookend their day with prayer - beginning with a Morning Offering and closing with an
Examination of Conscience.
