04 - What is God Like?

So God exists, but what is He like? In this episode, we talk about the nature of God, and why He is someone we can have a personal friendship with.

This episode covers Part One, Section Two, Chapter One, Paragraph 1 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pts. 199-231

• Exodus 3:14.

• Saint Thomas Aquinas. De Veritate, Q.1

• Etienne Gilson: Elements of Christian Philosophy. "Chapter 6: God and the Transcendentals."

• Father Robert Spitzer. The Soul's Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason. 

• “Father Spitzer’s Universe - 2018-08-15 - Five Transcendental Desires Pt. 1”. YouTube.

• Christopher West. Our Bodies Tell God's Story: Discovering the Divine Plan for Love, Sex, and Gender.

• Plato, The Republic.

• Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics.

Fr Mike Schmitz, The Catechism in a Year, “Day 28: The Nature of God”