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- The good religious should excel in all virtues, so that he may be interiorly what he appears to be exteriorly.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
GOD’S ADDRESS Thomas Aquinas, in defining the mode of God’s omnipresence, distinguishes three different meanings of the words “to be in a place” (or “in place”). A body is in a place in such a way as to be bounded by it, i.e. it occupies a place circumscriptive. An angel is in a place not circumscriptive, for it is not bounded by it, but definitive
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. —Francis Bacon
Tom White • Against Being Helpful
What was influential was the separation of Church and State, with the clear implication that the State could only be part of the City of God by being submissive towards the Church in all religious matters. This has been the doctrine of the Church ever since. All through the Middle Ages, during the gradual rise of the papal power, and throughout the
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
logic of appeals to authority.
Gary Gutting • What Philosophy Can Do
Accordingly, if the divine essence is distinct from its existence, it follows that His essence and existence are mutually related as potentiality and act. Now it has been proved that in God there is nothing of potentiality, and that He is pure act. Therefore God’s essence is not distinct from His existence.
Saint Thomas Aquinas • The Summa Contra Gentiles (Illustrated)
AN EXAMPLE TO EMULATE
R. C. Sproul • The Work of Christ: What the Events of Jesus' Life Mean for You
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. —William Occam