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HENCE man, by his natural endowments, cannot produce meritorious
HENCE man, by his natural endowments, cannot produce meritorious works proportionate to everlasting life; and for this a higher force is needed, viz. ...

“SINCE the aptness for grace is part of human nature’s good
“SINCE the aptness for grace is part of human nature’s good estate, we can now appreciate how sin diminishes nature. And because grace perfects na...

The concept of Natural Law is given its definitive meaning only
The concept of Natural Law is given its definitive meaning only when that of Eternal Law has been established. “This concept of Eternal Law is not ...

THOSE who stand guilty of grievous sins should not judge those who
THOSE who stand guilty of grievous sins should not judge those who are guilty of the same or lesser sins, as Chrysostom [*Hom. xxiv] says on the words...

Return of the Thomist Philosophy THERE is, for instance, one
Return of the Thomist Philosophy THERE is, for instance, one influence that grows stronger every day, never mentioned in the news papers, not even in...

Now we have said that truth resides primarily in the intellect;
Now we have said that truth resides primarily in the intellect; and secondarily in things, according as they are related to the divine intellect. If t...

PERSON signifies what is most perfect in all nature─that is, a
PERSON signifies what is most perfect in all nature─that is, a subsistent individual of a rational nature. Hence, since everything that is perfect ...

WE pay God honor and reverence, not for His sake (because He is of
WE pay God honor and reverence, not for His sake (because He is of Himself full of glory to which no creature can add anything), but for our own sake,...

"St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the great liberators of the human
"St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the great liberators of the human intellect. The sectarians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were essentiall...