🧵St. Augustine in the cited place [and elsewhere] must be understood of speaking of God's consequent will, and not the antecedent by which He formally wills the salvation of all men.
@QueirozJac18298@Thomisticae Mezger talks about it in response to the "Calvinist dilemma." The fact is, we cannot be certain of our predestination unless it were revealed by God. And, since we don't know his decree till it actually occurs, despairing prevents moving towards salvation.
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“In God providence includes both knowledge and will, although, taken essentially, it belongs only to knowledge, that is, to practical, not to speculative, knowledge.” (QDeVer.Q5.A1.C.11.)
On July 18, 1323, Pope John XXII, at Avignon, in the Church of Notre-Dame des Doms, preached on the text "Redde quod debes," calling himself a debtor of S. Thomas and publicly inscribed him in the catalogue of the Saints. "You are the salt of the earth," after S. Dominic.
Does anyone have translations of John of St. Thomas on predestination (q.23) or on the will of God (q.19)? I want to translate them because i haven't been able to find any translations but I want to make sure before I do since they're pretty long
Today, 703 years ago, July 18, 1323, the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas was canonized by Pope John XXII in Avignon, France. Today, he remains the greatest Doctor of the Church, theologian, and philosopher we have ever been graced to have.
Ora pro nobis.
@ZachPitts6@streetbrawls97 So, you are failing to actually account for the matter of the situation and are trying to seem smart by forcing an answer out of me to prove my position, when you cannot do the same. What I am doing is pushing back using the clear footage and statistics we have.
@ZachPitts6@streetbrawls97 Three, I am not "lying," as there is not an objective truth that I am aware of that determines if I am telling falsehood, knowing that it is such, and speaking to deceive. So again, all three of your points are entirely wrong.
@ZachPitts6@streetbrawls97 So, you are failing to actually account for the matter of the situation and are trying to seem smart by forcing an answer out of me to prove my position, when you cannot do the same. What I am doing is pushing back using the clear footage and statistics we have.