Christ's merits are applied through faith , 122 , 157-158 , 162-165 since the Fall , all graces have come through faith in Christ , 157-158 , 160-163 . FATHERS OF THE OLD LAW , Christ merited for the F. of the , O , L. , 49 , 159-161 ...
... Christ's death, according to His dying words, 'It is consummated' (John 19:30), it may be understood that by His suffering He fulfilled all the precepts of the Old Law. He fulfilled those of the moral order which are founded on the ...
Offering a fresh approach to one significant aspect of the soteriology of Thomas Aquinas, God's Grace and Human Action brings new scholarship and insights to the issue of merit in Aquinas's theology.
Kenan Osborne, for example, following the work of Gerard van der Leeuw, suggests that the sacraments “have too often been discussed as a specifically Christian phenomenon, ignoring the many connections that the Christian sacraments have ...
In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump examines Aquinas' major works, Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles, and clearly assesses the vast range of Aquinas' thought.
This complete yet concise reference work provides scholars and students with accurate interpretations of the ways in which Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) used important theological terms.
The aim of this book is to find an answer to the question : how did St. Thomas Aquinas (1224/5 - 1274) use Holy Scripture in his theology?
I am grateful for my brother, Shane, my in-laws, Kathleen and Dennis Bell, and the Fregoso family for reassurance during challenging moments and delight during happy ones. I thank Lucinda Mareck, OSB, and Brent Sundve for friendship and ...
This volume, however, interprets Calvin's own theological constructions as contextually determined by the reigning polemics of his day.
Thomas Gornall, “A Note on Imagination and Thought about God,” The Heythrop Journal 4, no. 2 (1963): 137. Cf. his introductory essay on God's knowledge in vol. 4 of Summa theologiae: Latin Text and English Translation, Introductions, ...
... Aquinas acknowledges that although it is true that the act in a sense “depends on man's will or exertion,” it is “offensive to pious ears” to speak of the act in this way. Rather, the act should be considered according ... merit is “grace in ...