Why Garrigou-Lagrange Matters Now

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Garrigou-Lagrange is one of the most important theologians of the last century. He had that rare gift of illuminating Thomism for a modern world. Or we could say, to steal from the title of one of his own books, that Garrigou-Lagrange moved past all the confusion left behind by modernism and used common sense to take us back to reality. Garrigou-Lagrange wrote so many books, some of which include: Thomistic Common Sense, Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought, God, His Existence and His Nature (2 volumes), Predestination, Providence, On Divine Revelation (2 volumes), and many more. But in the end, it’s not really about Garrigou-Lagrange (as he himself would tell us). Rather, Garrigou-Lagrange points us to those grand First Principles by which we can return to reality, and with it, God as our Creator and Redeemer. Why does Garrigou-Lagrange matter so much now? Because in an age of skepticism Garrigou-Lagrange teaches you that one day you will see God.

Thanks to the Thomistic Institute, this episode continues a series of conversations where Matthew Barrett sits down with other Thomists he has learned so much from and he hopes you will too. He talks with Dr. Cuddy, O.P., an expert on Garrigou-Lagrange, one who has written at length on this great Thomist of the 20th century. Cuddy is Assistant Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington D.C. He is the author of The Summa Illuminated and Catholic Theology: An Introduction. He is the coeditor with Romanus Cessario of Thomas and the Thomists. He is also the editor of The Thomist Tradition series with Cluny Media.

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