Christ vs. Mary? Mary in Catholicism I Prof. Christopher Malloy

<p>Prof. Christopher Malloy defends the Catholic understanding of Mary’s role in salvation history, refuting common objections and demonstrating how her divine maternity, perpetual virginity, and immaculate grace magnify rather than diminish the glory of Christ.</p><p><br /></p><p>This lecture was given on April 6th, 2025, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://dashboard.cohostpodcasting.com/shows/fedb9eb7-b992-446b-be01-01cd62afd823/episodes/thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the Speaker: </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Christopher J. Malloy is married to Flory with whom he has seven children. He earned his B.A. in Theology (second major in Philosophy) from the University of Notre Dame in 1992. He earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology (minor in Philosophy) from The Catholic University of America in 2001. Since then he has taught at The University of Dallas, where he currently serves as Professor and Chair of Theology. He has published three books: </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Engrafted into Christ: A Critique of the Joint Declaration [on Justification]</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Aquinas on Beatific Charity and the Problem of Love</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/False-Mercy-Heresies-Distorting-Catholic/dp/1644134187/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DWRNQE3D2HUS&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ziF55oW40yWXmLLktUp-AA.x_4vbQapaMJ5R9pl3-GbUNkRoj76wFtKVgAhQogVdzw&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=false+mercy+malloy&amp;qid=1753216757&amp;sprefix=false+mercy+malloy%2Caps%2C139&amp;sr=8-1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" target="_blank"><em>False Mercy: Recent Heresies Distorting Catholic Truth</em></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. He has published numerous blind peer-reviewed articles for journals such as </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Thomist</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nova et Vetera</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Josephinum</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Angelicum</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, etc. He loves academia, especially publishing and teaching systematic theology, but he has always been fired up to give popular presentations highlighting the intelligibility and beauty of the Catholic faith, since that was the reason he got into Theology in the first place.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keywords: </span>Abraham, Bernard of Clairvaux, Divine Maternity, Immaculate Conception, Incarnation, John Calvin, Marian Doctrine, Martin Chemnitz, Mother of God, Participation in God</p>