The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. I hope to help people get to Heaven by sharing prayers, meditations, the lives of the Saints, and news of Church happenings. My Pledge: Nulla dies sine linea ~ Not a day without a line.
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23 October 2019
The Catechism of the Summa -SECOND SECTION - A DETAILED SURVEY OF MAN'S RETURN TO GOD - III. OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST THAT CORRESPOND TO FAITH: OF UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWLEDGE: OF THE SINS OPPOSED TO THEM, NAMELY, OF IGNORANCE, OF BLINDNESS OF MIND, AND OF HEBETUDE OF THE SENSES (D)
(D)
What are the vices opposed to the gifts of understanding and knowledge?
They are ignorance, which is opposed to knowledge,
and blindness of mind, and the hebetude of the senses,
which are opposed to understanding (XV. 5, 2). What are the causes of these vices, and of the last two in particular?
The causes of these vices are, in particular, sins of the
flesh which stifle the life of the mind (XV. 3). Next
- The Catechism of the Summa -SECOND SECTION - A DETAILED SURVEY OF
MAN'S RETURN TO GOD - IV. OF THE PRECEPTS RELATING TO FAITH --
OF THE CATECHISM, AND OF THE SUMMA OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (A)
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Comments are subject to deletion if they are not germane. I have no problem with a bit of colourful language, but blasphemy or depraved profanity will not be allowed. Attacks on the Catholic Faith will not be tolerated. Comments will be deleted that are republican (Yanks! Note the lower case 'r'!), attacks on the legitimacy of Pope Leo XIV as the Vicar of Christ, the legitimacy of the House of Windsor or of the claims of the Elder Line of the House of France, or attacks on the legitimacy of any of the currently ruling Houses of Europe.