Thomas Joseph White on Tough Christology Questions and Aquinas among Protestants

This episode is a conversation with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. of the Angelicum. We discuss his journey from Atlanta, GA to Rome (1:35), the life of a Dominican friar (5:45), basic guardrails for the doctrine of incarnation (9:50), avoiding problems of the Son "subtracting" or "adding" in the incarnation (14:17), could Christ have sinned? (19:50), the relationship between Christ's divine and human knowledge (25:28), Christ's beatific vision and "self-awareness" (31:47), the Holy Spirit's role in Christ's human life (41:46), Aquinas among the Protestants (45:54), favorite Protestant theologians (52:04), and more. Buy Thomas's books. Also, check out his band, The Hillbilly Thomists. Church Grammar is presented by the Christian Standard Bible. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by nobigdyl. Producer: Katie Larson. Brandon D. Smith is Assistant Professor of Theology & New Testament at Cedarville University, Editorial Director for the Center for Baptist Renewal, and writes things. You can follow him on Twitter at @brandon_d_smith. *** This podcast is designed to discuss all sorts of topics from various points of view. Therefore, guests’ views do not always reflect the views of the host, his church, or his institution.