God is not related to creatures as though belonging to a different "genus," but as transcending every "genus," and as the principle… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Because the divine goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, God produced many and diverse creatures, that what was… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Whatever was in the human nature of Christ was moved at the bidding of the divine will; yet it does not follow… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image