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3 days ago · I use a capital B here because, even though Aquinas affirmed the Creator-creature distinction, his use of the Greek notion of Being in general obscured it. Etienne Gilson, The Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas (B. Herder Book Co., 1924) 274–75. Gilson, Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, 196. Gilson, Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, 154–57, 272.
5 days ago · The Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas for Purity. Dear Jesus, I know that every perfect gift, and especially that of chastity, depends on the power of Your providence. Without You, a mere creature can do nothing. Therefore, I beg You to defend, by Your grace, the chastity and purity of my body and soul. And if I have ever sensed or imagined anything
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5 days ago · Objection 2: Further, the law of grace is more efficacious than the law of nature. But the law of grace is blotted out by sin. Much more therefore can the law of nature be blotted out. Objection 3: Further, that which is established by law is made just. But many things are enacted by men, which are contrary to the law of nature.
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5 days ago · Study the Summa Theologica in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. The Summa Theologica, also Summa Theologiae, was composed by St. Thomas Aquinas between the years 1265 and the saint’s death in 1274.The Catholic Encylopedia tells us: “Summæ are compendiums of theology, philosophy, and canon law which were used both as textbooks in the ...
1 day ago · Others, including Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) and Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), objected that if Mary were free of original sin at her conception then she would have no need of redemption, making Christ's saving redemption superfluous; they were answered by Duns Scotus (1264–1308), who "developed the idea of preservative redemption as ...
1 day ago · ' Natural law '). Aquinas argues that because human beings have reason, and because reason is a spark of the divine (see: image of God), all human lives are sacred and of infinite value compared to any other created object, meaning all humans are fundamentally equal and bestowed with an intrinsic basic set of rights that no human can remove.
