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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.
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Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing.
Thomas Aquinas
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It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the clearest objects of nature; as the owl is dazzled by the light of the sun. Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence; yet the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things.
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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. 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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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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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Thomas Aquinas -
The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.
Thomas Aquinas -
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
Thomas Aquinas
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How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
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The light of faith makes us see what we believe.
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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.
Thomas Aquinas -
The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.
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Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
Thomas Aquinas -
God answered the prayers of animals.
Thomas Aquinas
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A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.
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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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God's precepts are light to the loving, heavy to the fearful.
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Give, expecting nothing there of.
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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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Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.
Thomas Aquinas
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Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said.
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He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
Thomas Aquinas -
God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.
Thomas Aquinas