St. Thomas Aquinas – Religion & Liberty Online

December 10, 2025

Ordering Our Loves for the Good of All

Earlier this year, Vice President J.D. Vance triggered quite a firestorm when he mentioned the Christian concept of ordo amoris, also known as the order of charity. “There’s this old-school—and I think it’s a very Christian concept, by the way—that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then after that you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world,” Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity. Continue Reading...

February 25, 2025

To Save the West, We Must Save Socrates’ Children

When considering the many woes of modern Western civilization, classicist Spencer Klavan, in How to Save the West, elaborates on the five main crises contributing to today’s decline: the crisis of reality, the body, meaning, religion, and regimes. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2023

Is Mere ‘Tolerance’ Intolerable?

Berlin is a city saturated with history. Everywhere—on every corner, in every park, behind every wall and in every building—one stumbles on a piece of that which once was, scattered by the wind of time and silently reminding the indifferent faces of the weight of the past. Continue Reading...

August 19, 2022

Natural law limits government and arbitrary power

Any discussion of the nature and ends of liberty and justice inevitably touches upon the role of government and law in society. A good place to begin reﬂecting upon natural law’s approach to these questions is Aquinas’ understanding of law. Continue Reading...

March 04, 2022

Natural law is human law

Perhaps the most confusing aspect of natural law is the phrase itself: “natural law.” For many people, the word “natural” implies human biology or the physical environment. For others, it means “instinct.” Continue Reading...

October 31, 2019

Thomistic Institute Aquinas 101

The Thomistic Institute has a new video series introducing the work of St. Thomas Aquinas called Aquinas 101. The videos are well done, concise, and clear, and if you are looking for an introduction to St. Continue Reading...