Aquinas 101:
The Sacraments

Discover the spiritual riches of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church in these short videos sent to your email each week. Dominican friars, with the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas, will help you unpack the treasury of Church teaching.

You’ll learn what the sacraments are, how they work, and why they are so essential to the Christian life.

By enrolling in Aquinas 101: The Sacraments, you’ll receive the latest video in your email inbox each Tuesday along with supplementary short readings and podcasts.

Season Contents

Course One: Introduction to the Sacraments

  1. Why Do the Sacraments Matter?

  2. What Is a Sacrament? Why Do We Need Them?

  3. Are the Sacraments Necessary For Salvation?

  4. Why Words Are Required: The Sacraments As Signs

  5. Are There Sacraments in the Old Testament of the Bible?

  6. Only God Can Establish Sacraments

  7. Can a Sacrament Cause Grace? Explaining Sacramental Causality

  8. How the Sacraments Cause Grace: The Tripartite Schema

  9. What Goes Into a Sacrament? Form and Matter

  10. Can Sinners Administer the Sacraments? Can Angels?

  11. Are Catholic Sacraments Really in the Bible?

    Course Two: Baptism

  12. Where is Baptism in the Bible? The Origins of Baptism

  13. What is the Sacrament of Baptism?

  14. Why Baptize With Water? Explaining the Rite of Baptism

  15. How Baptism Changes You

  16. Why Can’t You Be Baptized More Than Once? The Character of Baptism

  17. Do You Need to be Baptized to be Saved?

  18. The Trinity and Baptism: Why It Matters What You Say


    Course Three: The Eucharist

  19. Is the Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist in the Bible?

  20. The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist

  21. Is the Eucharist Really Food? Why Matter Matters

  22. What Happens When You Eat the Body of Christ?

  23. How the Cross of Jesus Christ is Present at the Mass

  24. Can You Be Saved Without the Eucharist?

  25. The Proper Disposition: How to Receive the Eucharist Worthily and Well

  26. How the Mass Prepares You to Receive Holy Communion

    Course Four: Penance (Coming soon!)

    Course Five: Confirmation (Coming soon!)

    Course Six: Marriage (Coming soon!)

    Course Seven: Holy Orders (Coming soon!)

Course Eight: Anointing of the Sick (Coming soon!)