EP 1 | God, Beauty, Ugliness & Notre Dame | Fr. Lawrence Lew O.P.

Описание: In this inaugural podcast episode, Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P. discusses on the relevance of Beauty and Sacred Art in the Catholic Church and in the wider Culture today.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:28 What is a 'Promoter General of the Holy Rosary'?
02:43 Fr. Lawrence Lew's Photography Journey
05:00 The Crisis of Ugliness
09:04 External Beauty & Moral Ugliness
11:28 The Role of Beauty
11:59 Dichotomy of Interior Vs Exterior
13:01 Dualism & the Devil
15:57 Fallacy towards Beauty
18:06 Why is God called Beauty?
19:33 St. Thomas Aquinas definition on 'Being'
20:58 The 3 Canons of beauty, according to St. Thomas Aquinas
22:58 Restored Notre Dame
24:31 Taking offense because "Beauty is subjective"
25:29 A Culture that is "allergic" to Truth
27:09 The line between Objective Truth & Beauty versus arbitrary opinion
30:07 Modernity values Subjectivity and not Objectivity
30:51 The problem of Subjectivity
31:30 Why does man not come to recognise objective beauty?
35:01 The mismatch of man & understanding of art
37:20 Inspiration behind Fr. Lawrence's book
40:26 The impact of the Eucharistic Revival as inspiration for the book
42:47 Pope Francis opening the Jubilee Doors and the purpose of a Church building
43:33 The Restoration of the High Altar at St. Dominic's Priory & the subsequent celebration of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
49:01 Particular aspects of the book that Fr. Lawrence likes
50:25 Colour as symbolism
51:33 The 2 doors by which people enter the Faith
54:11 Beauty and its appeal to the masses
58:06 The implications to the moral life of mistaking ugliness as beauty
59:01 Warning against appreciating exterior beauty and having a corrupt interior
1:02:42 Sinners need beautiful things to remind us of God's presence
1:03:04 Fr. Lawrence's future endeavours
1:04:58 Outro