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Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether, by Penance, man is restored to his former dignity? Objection 1: It would seem that man is not restored by Penance to his former dignity: because a gloss on Amos 5:2, "The virgin of Israel is cast down," observes: "It is not said that she cannot rise up, but that the virgin of Israel shall not rise; because the sheep that has once strayed,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the semen is produced from surplus food? Objection 1: It would seem that the semen is not produced from the surplus food, but from the substance of the begetter.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether it is necessary for the human will, in order to be good, to be conformed to the Divine will, as regards the thing willed?…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost are suitably enumerated? Objection 1: It would seem that seven gifts of the Holy Ghost are unsuitably enumerated.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether magnanimity is a virtue? Objection 1: It seems that magnanimity is not a virtue. For every moral virtue observes the mean. But magnanimity observes not the mean but the greater extreme:…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether prophecy pertains to knowledge? Objection 1: It would seem that prophecy does not pertain to knowledge. For it is written (Ecclus. 48:14) that after death the body of Eliseus prophesied,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the prophetic vision is always accompanied by abstraction from the senses? Objection 1: It would seem that the prophetic vision is always accompanied by abstraction from the senses.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether a religious order that is devoted to the contemplative life is more excellent than on that is given to the active life?…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether the angel of annunciation should have appeared to the Virgin in a bodily vision?…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
Whether this clarity was the clarity of glory? Objection 1: It would seem that this clarity was not the clarity of glory. For a gloss of Bede on Mat. 17:2, "He was transfigured before them," says:…