In any study of the human person we would do well to consider both the theological context and the philosophical context of the human person in reality, for in...
Hello everyone, Well I guess it is about time to get back to the human person as a topic of discussion and to do this with an eye to bring about an ever...
Dear all sorry for this inappropriate post, but I thought amongst Aquinas scholars I could get an answer to this: what might be a latin translation of "The...
... That is where you go wrong. You are confusing two meanings of "freedom" - free will, and legal freedom. The fact that something is illegal doesn't take...
There are laws against running stop signs. Yet, I am free to run stop signs any time I choose. There are laws against trespassing. Yet, I am free to trespass...
Dear Anthony, Kindly re-read my piece carefully again. The thrust of my argument is free will and the conditons that make the free exercise of one’ will...
Iya, I would respond in several ways. From a Christian point of view, God's goodness does not depend on evil - for example, even if Lucifer had never turned...
Well, there you have it. I know the prior post may be controversial especially within the context of this group but my suggestion would be that deal with it in...
why we should support freedom of choice Freedom is the very basic condition of humanity. Without it there is nothing called virtue or vice, there are no heroes...
Oh! Glad to hear it!! <smile> I think in principle the Truth is the truth regardless of the source. But in practical spiritual matters I do agree with you...
... Mary, I would actually reference my mother before I would reference Tony Blair or Ted Kennedy on Catholic social teaching, because at least she has never...
... The authority of Revealed Truth comes from Truth itself, passing to us either directly in theosis, or though mediation. So you are the lesser for not...
... Yes, but he didn't reference everyone. There's a difference. References imply more than simply that someone got something right. They imply a degree of...
... from ... identical ... research. ... This is no point at all. The topic was Caritas in Veritate and the social teaching therein which has a speculative...
... The definition of theosis that was given was very general, which is why my reply was similarly general - e.g., Divine "light" and "life," etc. In any case,...
It certainly is mistaken to suggest that Aquinas ever equated natural law with a sharing of divine life, for divine life is supernatural and the natural law is...
I suppose one would need to know how St. Thomas understood "imprint". For me it indicates something closer to the understanding of us being made in the image...
... Yes you did, but the problem was that you portrayed that as compatible with Aquinas. It seems difficult to reconcile your claim that "Adhering to natural...
Adhering to natural law, in and of itself, is not theosis. Adhering to natural law in this life is not sharing in divine life. Adhering to natural law is a...
... Mary, I'm not sure where I ever said that faith is just belief. I'm trying to understand the dependence as you laid it out: faith is necessary for theosis,...
You only see faith in terms of belief? Then you missed a big important chunk of that Catechism. M. ... -- From Irenikon @ 40 ° 54' 21.5" N, 77 ° 52' 23.3" W...
... I think there may have been a misunderstanding. I wondered: if faith is necessary for theosis, and theosis is nothing more complicated than "A creature's...
... does that ... Mary, Of course, "Faith is the power to experience a creature's share in God's uncreated divinity," as you put it. The experience you speak...
Natural law does not clear the intellect and will from the damage caused by Adam's sin. Natural law cannot thereby lead anyone to theosis. Faith as a...
... I don't think our ships are just passing each other in the night here. For instance, if faith is required for theosis ("renders theosis possible"), then it...
Theosis is a particular grace that is apart from all others. Faith as a theological virtue is an infused virtue, much as the gifts of the Holy Spirit and it...
... Aren't there many ways in which we "share in the divine life" that don't have anything to do with faith? For example, natural law is also "an imprint on us...
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