.@Sachinettiyil There's a flourishing Sweetest Heart of Mary Church less than a mile away, so not terribly sad. More strange is the RoboCop bronze statue around the corner.
Catholics are grieving as Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Roseville, Michigan, which dates back to 1861, is being demolished to make way for a Sheetz gas station.
@CaptBop2112@TheatatBoy99320@Aquinas_Quotes What is this meme supposed to represent? It doesn't represent the Christian faith whatsoever. It's like calling pizza, "hot dog," and then making fun of the name.
@ThomistAnimals He conflated the meaning of soul and spirit, but really the problem was with his animus with Aristotle, and the effort to completely dismantle his physics.
@Piloto_Steve@bethecreed Maybe they should. The fact remains that Catholics ("Religion") started an excellent systems of schools and hospitals, many of which were taken over by the government.
@PericlesPapado1@Aquinas_Quotes 1. That's what neigh-bor means. Obviously not limited to the person next door.
2. Love means many things. To will the good of someone can be a free choice. I can feel disgust or dislike but still will the good.
@TitustheThomist If you read On Being and Essence (De ente et essentia) several times, then my paper might be helpful to you. Have you read Gregory Doolan's work? He has a book on the Divine Ideas. He is very clear.
@bwolaver@FrDylanSchrader Aquinas argues for the existence of angels based on the fittingness of creation. This "necessity" is only a suppositional necessity in God’s operation with regard to creatures.
@GKCdaily But today, since it is so easy to find texts, misquoting is being lazy. It is not a compliment to St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Thomas, nor to GK Chesterton himself, to latch their name onto words that jive with modern sympathies.