The Summa of Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas volume 1
QUESTION 49 — THE CAUSE OF EVIL 1. Can good be the cause of evil? 2. Is the sovereign good, which is God, the cause of evil? 3. Is there a sovereign evil, which is the first cause of all evils? Article …More
1. Can good be the cause of evil?
2. Is the sovereign good, which is God, the cause of evil?
3. Is there a sovereign evil, which is the first cause of all evils?
Article 1 — Can good be the cause of evil?
Objections:
1. This seems impossible, because it is said in St. Matthew (7,18): “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit. ”
2 . One of the opposites cannot be the cause of the other. But evil is the opposite of good. 3 . A defective effect can only come from a defective cause. But evil, if it has a cause, is a defective effect. So it has a faulty cause. Every defect being an evil, the cause of evil can only be evil. 4. Dionysius states that evil has no cause. So good is not the cause of evil. On the contrary , S. Augustine writes: “We do not see at all from where evil could arise, if not from good. ” Answer: One way or another, we are obliged to say that evil has a cause. Evil, in fact, is the defect of a good that a being is naturally capable of having, …More
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Revealed - NATO plan to get US troops to the front line to fight RUSSIA: Alliance prepares for rapid deployment of American soldiers amid fears Moscow is plotting major war with EuropeMore
Revealed: NATO plan to get US troops to the front line to fight Russia
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Quotes from Carlos Evaristo of the World Apostolate of Fatima: "What I learned from Sister Lucia" "Regarding our fear of war during our times, local …More
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Corpus Christi: When the Train Stopped for Christ in the Blessed Sacrament - A Sermon by Fr. Richard …
by Fr. Richard Cipolla What flashed through my mind was when many years ago now the procession in …
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"For as some in the church may denounce us as a blight upon the purity of the church, in fact Catholicism depends on us, and has done so for a very long time. Gay, bisexual priests and deacons preside …More
Is now the time for LGBTQ priests and religious to come out?
(NCR illustration/Unsplash/S. Turby, Katie) Have we reached a moment when it's time for the many LGBTQ bishops, priests, deacons, brothers …
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Sorry, LGBTQ people, unless you sincerely repent and seek to lead good lives, you are still in the state of sin, and you are not in a position to offer …More
First Muslim Senator Keeps California a Sexual Abuse Sanctuary State – Little girls are being sold …
In California, it’s okay to shoplift or solicit sex from a minor. Both are misdemeanors which means …
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10,000 human remains found on serial killer’s farm — and authorities are still identifying victimsMore
10,000 human remains found on serial killer’s farm — and authorities are still identifying victims
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It is 10,000 pieces of human remains. He is believed to have had at least 25 victims. Thank goodness he didn’t kill 10,000 people. Only abortionists …More
Mama Mary
Look Closely The Hearts of Mama Mary and Christ on the Cross are most connected. Everything Christ feels so does she. Even to the crown of thorns she also wears. Listen to her.More
The Hearts of Mama Mary and Christ on the Cross are most connected. Everything Christ feels so does she. Even to the crown of thorns she also wears. Listen to her.
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Mass immigration and decline in security intrinsically linked, say majority of French
The vast majority of French citizens, including many on the left, believe the growing feeling of insecurity across …
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Fidelity
While back, around the beginning of this disastrous pontificate, the resistance to the false prophet Bergoglio were just a few people, this circle of friends denounced the lies presented as truth, I …More
This Hispanic woman (I can’t remember her name), went to Church and prayed and prayed, she kept on asking about Bergoglio, what to do about him? Then, an invisible someone told her one word: “fidelity”. From that moment on she spread that all through the internet and Bergoglians took the message as obedience to false prophet Bergoglio.
My comrade in arms back then, switched from denouncing the lies, to try to squash the resistance by the misunderstanding that fidelity was obedience.
Obedience is not fidelity, you could resist and be remain faithful at the same time, she misunderstood what fidelity is, to remain faithful …More
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Why Aren’t Election Audits Required In Every State?
Complex and critically important systems, ranging from the financial sector to elections, need to be able to have outcomes validated through audits. …
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Islamic Totalitarianism Wants to ‘Conquer France’, Warns Populist Leader Ahead of EU Elections
Mass migration will be the death of French civilisation and Islamic totalitarianism is seeking to “conquer …
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Archbishop Aguer: Vatican-established 'University of Meaning' is fraught with potential dangers - …
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Hungary’s Viktor Orbán slams George Soros, ‘war speculators’ in powerful pro-family, pro-peace speech …
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177. Let Jesus Love others
And this phrase said by some people sometimes blocks us: “Ah, and you, you are perfect!” In fact, the person may not want our help. We still can pray for him. Let’s face it, nobody’s perfect. It would …More
Let’s face it, nobody’s perfect. It would be a shame not to be able to help the people considering that we’re also imperfect. Where would charity unfold in such circumstances? It would be like telling a doctor who has cancer that because of that he cannot heal us. We would tell him to heal himself before thinking of healing us. Yet, helping helps to improve who we are. We help each other to help each other, and so on.
Jesus seems to be leading the idea further, when he says to the pharisees:
“You pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.” Luke, chapter 11, verse 42
That’s the basis. A testimony must encourage good deeds. And Jesus brings us back to reality, respectfully. In fact, we’re not perfect, and it’s clear that our actions and words are not always the best.
What Paul wants us to understand, mostly, is that we cannot …More
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Claude Monet’s Poppy Field is the latest to receive the inbred-looking cave dweller ‘climate action …
Public domain. By Olivia Murray Why do all the thugs who deface precious works of Western art have …
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Incidentally, this same drift away from God also explains the ugliness of conciliar/Novus Ordo churches and art, as the man-centered (Masonic) religion …More
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USA drängen Sicherheitsrat zur Unterstützung des von Biden vorgelegten Waffenstillstandsplans - Sicht …
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