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• Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least of the truths obtained through divine revelation; thus we can argue with heretics from texts in Holy Writ, and against those who deny one article of faith we can argue from another. If our opponent believes nothing of divine revelation, there is no longer any means of proving the articles of faith by reasoning, but only of answering his objections - if he has any - against faith.

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  Christian, Believe, Mean

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Stephen F. Brown (1999). “On Faith and Reason”, p.19, Hackett Publishing

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• Godhead here in hiding, whom I adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art

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  Art, Lying, Shadow

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Mary T. Clark (2000). “An Aquinas Reader”, p.441, Fordham Univ Press

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• To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might and endless majesty.

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  Father, Son, Blessing

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• If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.

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  Mean, Two, Done

  Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2”, p.129, Hackett Publishing

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• As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.

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  Powerful, Grieving, Saint

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

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• It is due to neither impotence nor ignorance on God’s part that evils occur in the world, but it is owing to the order of his wisdom and to the greatness of his goodness, whence come the many and divers grades of goodness in things, many of which would be lacking were he to allow no evil to exist. Thus there would be no good of patience without the evil of persecution, nor the good of the preservation of its life in a lion, without the evil of the destruction of the animals on which it lives.

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  Ignorance, Greatness, Animal

  "'De Potentia' ('On Power')". Book by Thomas Aquinas, q. 3, art. 6, ad 4, dhspriory.org.

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• A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.

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  Infinite, Lovable

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• Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the act of an angry man, God's punishment is metaphorically spoken of as His anger.

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  Men, Angry Man, Accounts

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.16, Cosimo, Inc.

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• God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.

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  Substance, Matter, Individual

  "St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts".

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• In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.

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  Produce, Persons, Effects

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• If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church to Paradise, we learn that men can receive her Baptism even outside her fold, but that out there no one can receive or keep the salvation of the blessed.

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  Blessed, Men, Baptism

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• Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

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  Friendship, Philosophical, Justice

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

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• The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

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  Powerful, Philosopher, Moral

  Saint Thomas Aquinas (1951). “Philosophical Texts”, London : Oxford University Press

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• Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.

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  Believe, Men, Catholic

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• If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.

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  Powerful, Scary, Reason

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, 1485.

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• The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

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  Servant Of God, Perfect, Soul

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• The human race was in need of salvation because of the perversity of sin. For when people who are ill are cured from their illness, they are called "saved." Therefore, the Lord says: "Your faith has saved you.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Race, People, Needs

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2010). “The Academic Sermons (The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation, Volume 11)”, p.47, CUA Press

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• The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.

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  Thinking, Mind, May

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• I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.

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  Laughing, Sin, Conscious

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• Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin

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  Jesus, Blood, Filth

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• Here 'neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to thee, And the blessed vision of thy glory see.

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  Blessed, Light, Heaven

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

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  Perfect, Charity, Neighbor

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

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• Whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another. If that by which it is put in motion be itself put in motion, then this also must needs be put in motion by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover, and, consequently, no other mover; seeing that subsequent movers move only inasmuch as they are put in motion by the first mover; as the staff moves only because it is put in motion by the hand. Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

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  God, Moving, Hands

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Peter Kreeft (1990). “A Summa of the Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica”, p.41, Ignatius Press

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• But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.

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  Animal, Men, Free Will

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 2 (Part II, First Section)”, p.996, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.

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  Perfect, Vision, Blessedness

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, 1485.

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