Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God. Thomas Aquinas More Quotes by Thomas Aquinas More Quotes From Thomas Aquinas Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion. Thomas Aquinas circleslovemoving Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul. Thomas Aquinas passionsoulwould-be Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing. Thomas Aquinas godmissing-youthinking He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith. Thomas Aquinas churchteachingdoe It is due to neither impotence nor ignorance on God’s part that evils occur in the world, but it is owing to the order of his wisdom and to the greatness of his goodness, whence come the many and divers grades of goodness in things, many of which would be lacking were he to allow no evil to exist. Thus there would be no good of patience without the evil of persecution, nor the good of the preservation of its life in a lion, without the evil of the destruction of the animals on which it lives. Thomas Aquinas greatnessignoranceanimal Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ... Therefore, Baptism without faith avails nothing and thus we must recall that without faith no one is acceptable to God. Thomas Aquinas justice-of-godbaptismjesus The greatness of the human being consists in this: Thomas Aquinas human-beingsgreatnesshumans Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to one who is unwilling to renounce his unbelief. Nevertheless, each of them receives the Sacrament if it is conferred on him, although not unto salvation. Thomas Aquinas baptismgiving-upmen They also have at that critical point of death the opportunity to be converted to God through repentance. And if they are so obstinate that even at the point of death their heart does not draw back from malice, it is possible to make a quite probable judgment that they would never come away from evil. Thomas Aquinas evilheartopportunity Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give salvation to a man whose will ... expels the form of faith. Thomas Aquinas baptismgivingmen Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least of the truths obtained through divine revelation; thus we can argue with heretics from texts in Holy Writ, and against those who deny one article of faith we can argue from another. If our opponent believes nothing of divine revelation, there is no longer any means of proving the articles of faith by reasoning, but only of answering his objections - if he has any - against faith. Thomas Aquinas christianmeanbelieve To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might and endless majesty. Thomas Aquinas blessingfatherson The proper task of the Savior is that he is a savior; indeed, for this he came into the world: to seek and save what was lost. Thomas Aquinas taskslostworld I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught. Thomas Aquinas ransomtaughtsoul To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God. Thomas Aquinas commandgodreason Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God. Thomas Aquinas blessednessvisionperfect For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us. Thomas Aquinas knowingdoelove It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. Thomas Aquinas scripturecatholicadd A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends. Thomas Aquinas angeldoemen As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary. Thomas Aquinas starsreligiouschristian
