{"podcast":{"title":"The Thomistic Institute","slug":"the-thomistic-institute-521456","podcast_index_feed_id":521456,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/8dluqp75","website_url":"https://podcast.thomisticinstitute.org","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/1ec23f95-40fe-429d-a0f3-244bca6fbb8f/shows/fedb9eb7-b992-446b-be01-01cd62afd823/cover-art/original_d16b8d4e377588e2605b7455efd8717f.png","author":"The Thomistic Institute","episode_count":1969,"summary":"The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more. Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:19:20.045779+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456"},"episode":{"title":"Why Get Married: The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage - Prof. Paul Gondreau","slug":"why-get-married-the-catholic-view-of-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-marriage-prof-paul-gondreau","published_at":"2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-get-married-the-catholic-view-of-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-marriage-prof-paul-gondreau","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456","url":"https://podcast.thomisticinstitute.org","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/1ec23f95-40fe-429d-a0f3-244bca6fbb8f/episodes/801fe57d-63c9-48f2-9c47-65ec787192e5/episode.mp3","summary":"This lecture was given on October 23rd, 2025, at Indiana University. To make a gift this June, visit  https://truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod . About the Speaker: Paul Gondreau is professor of theology at Providence College, where he has taught for 28 years. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, doing his dissertation on Christ's full humanity (Christ's human passions/emotions) under the renowned Thomist scholar Jean-Pierre Torrell. He specializes in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published widely in the areas of Christology (focusing on Christ’s full humanity and his maleness), Christian anthropology, the moral meaning and purpose of human sexuality and sexual difference, the biblical vision of Aquinas' theology, the theology of disability, the sacrament of the Eucharist and the priesthood, and the Catholic vision of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Keywords: Body And Soul, Human Sexuality, Marriage, Natural Law, Procreation, Sacrament, Sexual Ethics, Thomistic Anthropology, Unitive Love","meta_description":"This lecture was given on October 23rd, 2025, at Indiana University. To make a gift this June, visit https://truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod . Abou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-thomistic-institute-521456/episodes/why-get-married-the-catholic-view-of-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-marriage-prof-paul-gondreau/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456/why-get-married-the-catholic-view-of-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-marriage-prof-paul-gondreau.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}