
Previous post. A simple, gentle week, a nice respite from the world. And reason to recall to approach your “salvation with fear and trembling.” THAT GOD FREES SOME MEN FROM SIN AND […]
A tour through Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Contra Gentiles.
Previous post. A simple, gentle week, a nice respite from the world. And reason to recall to approach your “salvation with fear and trembling.” THAT GOD FREES SOME MEN FROM SIN AND […]
Previous post. Take a deep breath and get past the first paragraph. Our good saint is nothing if not thorough. THAT MAN IN THE STATE OF SIN, WITHOUT GRACE, CANNOT AVOID SIN […]
Previous post. A gift cannot be forced. THAT IT IS REASONABLE TO HOLD A MAN RESPONSIBLE IF HE DOES NOT TURN TOWARD GOD, EVEN THOUGH HE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT GRACE 1 […]
Previous post. “Take your punishment” like a man is the theme of this week’s lesson. A now forgotten, and even hateful, truth. HOW MAN IS FREED FROM SIN 1 Since man cannot […]
Previous post. A very simple pre-Christmas lesson. You cannot heal your mortal wounds yourself, for an offence that is infinite requires infinite power. THAT MAN CANNOT BE FREED FROM SIN EXCEPT THROUGH […]
Previous post. Key quote: Isaiah (1:18): “If your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow”. ON THE GIFTS OF GRATUITOUS GRACE, INCLUDING A CONSIDERATION OF THE DIVINATIONS […]
Previous post. A simple, and calm argument this week, and as far as I can tell, without controversy. THAT MAN NEEDS THE HELP OF GRACE TO PERSEVERE IN THE GOOD 1 Man […]
Previous post. The demons start at paragraph 14. But please don’t skip the first bits, which are necessary to understand the latter. ON THE GIFTS OF GRATUITOUS GRACE, INCLUDING A CONSIDERATION OF […]
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