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Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... not possess these functions. Therefore the angels exercise functions of life in the assumed ... all the ways thereof." Therefore the angels often exercise functions of life in ... many passages of Sacred Scripture that angels spoke in assumed bodies. Therefore in ...
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... is nothing nobler either in an angel or in the soul than their intellectual ... nature. Therefore the soul and the angel agree in the ultimate specific difference:…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... that "there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him." But we ... were staggering." Therefore Christ was taught by angels. Objection 2: Further,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... . Therefore, according to natural love, the angel loves God less than self, or even ... of nature. Consequently from natural love the angel loves God more than himself.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... 1: It would seem that the angels are not incorruptible; for Damascene,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... could not be made becomingly by any angel. Objection 4: Further, greater things should ... therefore she had to be instructed by angels concerning the Divine Conception.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... and of keener intellect. Therefore the angels do not differ specifically. Objection 3: ... Further,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... corporeal creature is not governed by angels. For whatever possesses a determinate ... the corporeal creature is not governed by angels. On the contrary,…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... in the angelic mind; because angels apprehend different things by various species ... . Therefore it seems that the angel understands by composing and dividing.…
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
... marriage is more possible between the angels and Christ than between men and Christ ... Hence espousal does not properly befit the angels. Reply to Objection 4: The conformity ... the conformity between God and the angels suffices for the notion of head rather ...…