Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying) vs. Euthansasia PeterColosi 080317 from Peter J. Colosi on Vimeo. “Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying) vs. Euthansasia: A Catholic Understanding of Compassion, Suffering and Death and The Current Euthanasia Debate” I delivered this talk on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at St. John of Rochester Parish in Fairport NY, the parish I grew up […]
I was invited by my friend Fr. Ron Bengford to present a Lenten Mission at his parish, St. Matthew Church in Cranston RI on February 29, March 1, and March 2, 2016. This is the third talk: “The Connection between Sacrifice, Repentance and True Happiness.” I relied on some extremely helpful sources for this talk: Fr. Robert Altier, “An Examination […]
In this talk my goal is to show how Theology of the Body is a fruit and development of and in continuity with the past and remains an indispensable resource for the present call to present the Joy of the Gospel. From St. Augustine to Pope Francis, Saints, Popes and Doctors of the Church have all commented on the meaning […]
Peter J. Colosi, “The Uniqueness of Persons in the Life and Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II, with Emphasis on His Indebtedness to Max Scheler”. Chapter 3 in Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy, eds. Nancy Mardas Billias, Agnes B. Curry and George F. McLean, (Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2008), 61 – 100. Colosi – […]
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Read more ›In this lecture I explain what “intentionality” means in phenomenology. For this lecture I follow closely Chapter 17, “Value Response” of the book Ethics by Dietrich von Hildebrand.
Read more ›In this lecture I cover in detail Socrates’ discussion with Crito about why it would be immoral to escape from jail, even though Socrates is unjustly condemned to death. At about the 39 minute mark I begin to cover the Phaedo. This is the dialogue covering the day of Socrates’ death. In this introductory lecture the distinction between the body […]
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This is a lecture I delivered about St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon in 2012.
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