By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
To restore man, who had been laid low by sin, to the heights of divine glory, the Word of the eternal Father,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason. — 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
Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service. — 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
Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe… — 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
Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace. — 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
The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their… — 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
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