Theology

German poet Heinrich Heine was once asked why men no longer build great cathedrals. He replied: "People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral." https://t.co/OJmXDbwg8I

Why do people get worked up about Spinoza's statement "omnis determinatio est negatio." This is an utterly traditional thought. What would it even mean to disagree?

And the divine intellect surpasses the angelic intellect much more than the angelic surpasses the human. For the divine intellect by its capacity equals the divine essence, wherefore God perfectly understands of Himself what He is, and He knows all things that can be understood about Him: whereas the angel knows not what God is by his natural knowl

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God sends us friends to be our firm support in the whirlpool of struggle. In the company of friends we will find strength to attain our sublime ideal. -St. Maximilian Kolbe https://t.co/Jj1jyEv889

As far as the intellectual nature itself is concerned, an angel is made to God's image to a greater degree than a man is (ST 1.93.3). https://t.co/E3fE3HFYNn

Anyone who desires to make progress must have spiritual joy: “A cheerful heart is a good medicine” (Prov. 17:22). https://t.co/6FAVeFAv2V

To love God is more excellent than to know Him (DV 22.11). https://t.co/1Y69KoDUQJ