Catholic Word of the Day: THOMISM, 02-27-12

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THOMISM

The philosophy and theology taught by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) and by those who respect his ideas and follow his basic principles. The body of propositions contained in the Twenty-four Theses approved by Pope St. Pius X. This is the most concise and authoritative expression of Thomism as understood in the Roman Catholic Church. The term is also sometimes used to identify the Bañezian theory on the relation of grace and free will with its stress on physical predetermination to explain the efficacy of divine grace.

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Twenty-four theses -- what a writer!

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Capital Virtues	Gelasian Sacramentary	Sodom
Natural Religion	Montanism	Ex Voto
Immanentist Apologetics	Credo Quia Absurdum	Purgatory
Beguines	Christe Eleison	Easter Controversy
Cheating	Apodictic	Confessions of St. Augustine
Coterie	Rome	Impetration
Archepiscopal Cross	Chamberlain	Herrenmoral
Our Lady of Einsiedeln	Maltese Cross	Sacred
Manifestation of Conscience	Anagogical Sense	A Posteriori
Sequence	Thomism

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[steve86]

One of the guys who used to assist at our Latin Mass always described himself as a “Thomist” but I never knew if he was joking or not.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

St. Thomas saved my sanity bump.

The only high-school-level course that is essential, outside religious instruction, is Aristotelean logic / Scholasticism —at least it would be essential for any school claiming to teach “critical thinking skills.”

When I hear that phrase uttered by school committee members or school supers, I just laugh. Sad, really.

You’ve tried the rest. Don’t settle for less. Than St. Thomas.

[Mad Dawg]

Quaeritur: Whether Free Republic needs a "like" button?

Objection 1: Videtur that Free Republic does not need a like button. For users can comment at any time. And if user wants to convey approval of a post, he can simply reply tothe post and make a comment.

sed contra: Dicitur, "Let your communication be 'Yay,' and 'Nay.' From all else cometh evil."

Respondeo:

While in a certain sense it is sufficiently convenient to press the reply button and wait for the comment screen to load, and then to type and proofread a reply, yet for those pressed for time or burdened with a slow connection or incapable of typing, the effort is hardly worth it.

And so while we see that FR is well set up for lengthy discourses, we also should note that for brief expressions of approbation or for those in a hurry there is still room for improvement.

The reply to the objection is evident from the answer.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

LOL! Scholastic humor is a sure crowd-pleaser.

I can understand why St. Thomas doesn’t appeal to everyone. My daughter loves literature, and likes to pick up history through period novels, or historical novels.

I never cared much for literature in high school. I always felt that, “if this genius has some great idea, why doesn’t he come out and say it?”

So, St. Thomas’ executive-summary method appealed to me. Of course, his executive summary goes on for many volumes, without a wasted word. The scariest part is the introducion, “theology for a beginner.”

[Mad Dawg]

Where’s the LIKE button!

I don’t know what to say! Ta IS da BOMB!

[AnAmericanMother]

Objection 2: the reader can simply type "+1".

P.S. . . . +1

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

——I don’t know what to say! Ta IS da BOMB!-——

I thought Harry Potter was da BOMB??!!!

Now I’m confused....

[Mad Dawg]

Of da bombs there are many kinds.

[you know the rest.]

:-)