A tour through Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Contra Gentiles.
Previous post. This chapter goes against the spirit of the age, which shrinks from punishment, because it does not acknowledge sin—except for the sin of acknowledging sin. THAT IT IS LAWFUL FOR […]
Previous post. The punishments for sin aren’t always immediate or obvious, but they’re always there. THAT SINS ARE PUNISHED ALSO BY THE EXPERIENCE OF SOMETHING PAINFUL 1 Those who sin against God […]
Previous post. In short, luck does you no good. Intention always counts. ON THE PUNISHMENT DUE TO MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN IN RELATION TO THE ULTIMATE END 1 Now, it is obvious […]
Previous post. My stripes are many and deep. THAT NOT ALL REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS ARE EQUAL 1 Since divine justice requires, for the preservation of equality in things, that punishments be assigned […]
Previous post. Key quote: “the greatest punishment will be for man to be cut off from happiness”. ON THE DIVERSITY AND ORDER OF PUNISHMENTS 1 As we have just seen, since a […]
Previous post. That God rewards everybody believes. That God punishes is impossible for many to now believe. THAT A MAN’S ACTS ARE PUNISHED OR REWARDED BY GOD 1 It is apparent from […]
Previous post. There is a hierarchy to everything. THAT NEITHER MERITORIOUS ACTS NOR SINS ARE EQUAL 1 Next, it is plain that neither all good works, nor all sins, are equal. Indeed, […]
Previous post. We’re still on poverty, for and against. ANSWERS TO THE ARGUMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD ABOVE AGAINST POVERTY 1 Now that these things have been seen, it is not difficult to answer […]
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