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The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
Thomas Aquinas
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Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give salvation to a man whose will ... expels the form of faith.
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It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.
Thomas Aquinas -
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.
Thomas Aquinas -
Charity is love; not all love is charity.
Thomas Aquinas -
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
Thomas Aquinas -
First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?
Thomas Aquinas
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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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Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.
Thomas Aquinas -
Beware of the person of one book.
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It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
Thomas Aquinas -
It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
Thomas Aquinas -
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
Thomas Aquinas