Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship. Thomas Aquinas More Quotes by Thomas Aquinas More Quotes From Thomas Aquinas Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa. Thomas Aquinas parent vices negative We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own. Thomas Aquinas sake should Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance. Thomas Aquinas radiance christian beauty The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body. Thomas Aquinas body soul firsts This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin. Thomas Aquinas forgiveness winning blood The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods. Thomas Aquinas catholic men son Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. Thomas Aquinas liberty powerful people Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace. Thomas Aquinas catholic justice peace That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. Thomas Aquinas thoughtful powerful love-is To live well is to work well, to show a good activity. Thomas Aquinas live-well powerful shows There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God. Thomas Aquinas firsts O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body. Thomas Aquinas affection charity body Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life. Thomas Aquinas counterfeit soul Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. Thomas Aquinas philosophical justice friendship Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. Thomas Aquinas philosophical Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit. Thomas Aquinas holiness spirit may Any error about creation also leads to an error about God. Thomas Aquinas creation errors Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . . Thomas Aquinas mortal-sin sin ends Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. Thomas Aquinas choices would-be men The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the soul from sin, quiets the anger of God, enlightens the understanding to know God, inflames the will and the affections with the love of God, fills the memory with spiritual sweetness, confirms the entire man in good, frees us from eternal death, multiplies the merits of a good life, leads us to our everlasting home, and re-animates the body to eternal life Thomas Aquinas good-life spiritual memories
