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• The Angel's bread is made the Bread of man today.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Angel, Men, Today

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• The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake; and if at any time a man make a thing for the sake of something else, it is referred to his own good, whether his use, his pleasure, or his virtue.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Self, Makers, Ends

  "Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2".

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• There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Hands, Mind

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• If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together.

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  Communication, Passion, Men

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• What can be accomplished by a few principles is not effected by many. But it seems that everything we see in the world can be accounted for by other principles, supposing God did not exist. For all natural things can be reduced to one principle, which is nature, and all voluntary things can be reduced to one principle, which is human reason, or will. Therefore there is no need to suppose God's existence.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Atheism, Principles, Needs

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• He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.

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  Desire, Doe, Desirable

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• Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above time. Just as a man going along a road does not see those who come after him; but the man who sees the whole road from a height sees all those who are going along the road at the same time.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Understanding, Doe

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• The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Art, Powerful, Knowledge Of God

  Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.147, Hackett Publishing

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• To be united to God in unity of person was not fitting to human flesh, according to its natural endowments, since it was above his dignity; nevertheless, it was fitting that God, by reason of his infinite goodness, should unite it to himself for human salvation.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Unity, Flesh, Dignity

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2020, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we can say that every sin is a sin against man's nature, because it is against man's right reason.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Christian, Men, Two

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• The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

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  Blessed, Order, Punishment

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• Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual body such as the Church. And since all the faithful are one body, the good of one member is communicated to another; everyone members, as the Apostle says, of one another [Eph 4:25]. For that reason, among the points of faith handed down by the Apostles, is that there is a community of goods in the Church, and this is expressed in the words Communion of Saints.

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  Spiritual, Community, Faithful

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• Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, People, Liberty

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• There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Perfect, Grades, All Things

  Thomas Aquinas (1976). “Summa Contra Gentiles, 2: Book Two: Creation”, University of Notre Dame Pess

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• Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away: O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Angel, Men, Heaven

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• He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me."

  Thomas Aquinas

  Writing, Straws, Written

  "St. Thomas Aquinas on politics and ethics: a new translation, backgrounds, interpretations".

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• So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Perfection, Divine Power, Divine

  Thomas Aquinas (1975). “Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence”, p.286, University of Notre Dame Pess

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• It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.

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  Thanksgiving, Passion, Justice

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• Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed to him, so too does a man incur the guilt of falsehood who, on the part of the Church, gives worship to God contrary to the manner established by the Church or divine authority, and according to ecclesiastical custom.

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  Men, Names, Giving

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Summa Theologica.ed”

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• The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

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  Perfect, Agents, Causes

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “On the Truth of the Catholic Faith: God”

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• God answered the prayers of animals.

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  Prayer, Animal

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• For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and have no need of promulgation, so also that of believing in God is primary and self-evident to one who has faith: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Believe, Self

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• A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Men, Reason

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

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• It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.

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  Catholic, Add, Scripture

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• It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.

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  Men, Riches, Sin

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1680, Cosimo, Inc.

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