A tour through Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Contra Gentiles.
Previous post. What comes after “the end”. The proofs here are, as should be obvious, almost entirely scripture-based. THAT THROUGH CHRIST THE RESURRECTION OF BODIES IS TO COME 1 Now, we have […]
Previous post. We walk down the aisle this week. Today’s lesson is: get married, have babies. ON THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY 1 Now, we grant that by the sacraments men are restored […]
Previous post. We took last week off, given most people were (correctly) away from their computers. THAT THE SACRAMENTS CAN BE DISPENSED BY EVIL MINISTERS 1 From what we have Premised it […]
Previous post. Like last week, you can’t escape rank; there is no Equality. ON THE EPISCOPAL POWER AND THAT THEREIN ONE IS THE HIGHEST 1 Now, the bestowal of all of these […]
Previous post. Everywhere rank exists. ON THE DISTINCTION OF ORDERS 1 Let us now take this into consideration: The power ordered to some principal effect by nature has under it inferior powers […]
Previous post. Why priests are different. ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDERS 1 It is, of course, clear from what has been said that in all the sacraments dealt with a spiritual grace […]
Previous post. It is well to remember that someday you will die. ON THE SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION 1 Now, the body is the instrument of the soul, and an instrument is […]
Previous post. The costs of mistakes must be covered. ON THE NECESSITY OF PENANCE AND OF ITS PARTS 1 From this, then, it is evident that if a man sins after baptism, […]
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