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Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... opposed to peace. Therefore among the high angels there is no strife. Objection 2: Further ... Therefore there is no strife among good angels. On the contrary, It is written ( ... kingdom of the Persians. Therefore one good angel resists the others; and thus there ...
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... 1: It would seem that the angel's intellect is sometimes in potentiality and ... mode of its substance." But the angel's intelligence has some admixture of potentiality ... same way the heavenly intellects,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... deacon can: but not conversely. But angels are higher ministers in the hierarchical ... any sacramental rite were performed by good angels, it should be considered valid,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... But there is no mention of angels. Therefore the angels were not created by God. ... answer that, It must be affirmed that angels and everything existing, except God,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... seem that an inferior angel can enlighten a superior angel. For the ecclesiastical hierarchy ... v). I answer that, The inferior angels never enlighten the superior,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... higher spiritual substances---that is, the angels---the power of understanding is naturally ... the higher substances---that is, the angels---are utterly free from bodies,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... says (De Civ. Dei xvi) that angels appeared to Abraham under assumed bodies. I ... assume bodies. Reply to Objection 1: Angels need an assumed body,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... Gregory says (Hom. in Evang. xxxiv): "The angel is called a "seal of resemblance" [Ezech. 28 ... of God is more perfect in the angels than in man,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... sinning venially. Objection 3: Further, wicked angels seem to do things which are venial sins ... not the case in point. Therefore an angel can sin venially. On the contrary,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... Christ is greater than all the angels. Therefore angels are not appointed to the guardianship ... of all men. Objection 3: Further,…