18 June 2019

The Catechism of the Summa IV. OF THE DIVINE PERSONS (E)

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But are there not certain actions or certain sources of action which are attributed more particularly to this or that person? 

Yes. There are what are called certain attributions of this kind to which these acts or sources of act give rise according to the distinctive character of this or of that person: for this reason by way of appropriation we attribute power to the Father, for instance, wisdom to the Son, and goodness to the Holy Ghost, although these belong equally to all three (XXXIX. 7, 8; XLV. 6).

When therefore we speak of God in His relation to the world, do we always imply that it is God as one in nature and as three in person that acts? 

Yes, except when we speak of the person of God the Son in the mystery of the Incarnation (XLV. 6).

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Pegues OP, R P Thomas. Catechism of the "Summa Theologica" of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful (pp. 43-44). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

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