Friday, January 31, 2014

Meaning of Virtue in Thomas Aquinas

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By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. UNTIL modern times the relationship of morals to religion was taken for granted, and writers as far different in...

Whether in the Church there can be anyone above the bishops?

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Objection 1. It would seem that there cannot be anyone in the Church higher than the bishops. For all the bishops are the successors of the...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

The Truths of the Faith vs Muhammed

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THAT TO GIVE ASSENT TO THE TRUTHS OF FAITH IS NOT FOOLISHNESS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ABOVE REASON [1] THOSE who place their faith in this trut...

Prayer for Ordering a Life Wisely

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(St. Thomas recited this prayer daily before the image of Christ) O MERCIFUL God, grant that I may desire ardently, search prudently, recogn...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The enduring originality of the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas

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(43) A QUITE SPECIAL PLACE in this long development belongs to Saint Thomas, not only because of what he taught but also because of the dial...
Monday, January 27, 2014

"It is necessary to make use of corporeal things"

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"NOW the human mind, in order to be united to God, needs to be guided by the sensible world, since "invisible things . . . are cle...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Aristotle: "There is some end of the things we do"

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"IF, THEN, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired for the sake of this)...