Thomas Aquinas Quotes About Charity

Quotes about: Charity

• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry: the clothing you shut away, to the naked: and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Redemption, Charity

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, www.theguardian.com. 1485.

• Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Mother, Roots, Saint

• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Giving Money, Jewish Community

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

• It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Charity, Way, Sin

  "Quaestiones disputatae: De caritate (Disputed Questions: On Charity)". Book by Thomas Aquinas, circa 1270.

• Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Charity

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

• Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Peace, Justice, Catholic

  THOMAS AQUINAS (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”

• It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself... Life is God's gift to man, and is subject to His power, Who kills and makes to live. Hence whoever takes his own life, sins against God... for it belongs to God alone to pronounce sentence of death and life.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Suicide, Suicidal, Men

• I answer that, Even, as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Hate, Inspirational Life, Perfect

  "Summa Theologica". Volume 5,

• O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Charity, Body, Affection

• The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Prayer, Home, Journey

• Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Pain, Hate, Blessed

  St Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 5 (Part III, Second Section & Supplement)”, p.2992, Cosimo, Inc.

• Charity is love; not all love is charity.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Love Is, Charity

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

• Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Passion, Soul, Would Be

• Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Perfect, Charity, Neighbor

  "Quaestiones disputatae: De caritate (Disputed Questions: On Charity)". Book by Thomas Aquinas, circa 1270.

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