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2024-03-29T07:40:33ZFreedom and the unconscious in Thomas Aquinas
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Title: Freedom and the unconscious in Thomas Aquinas
Abstract: If Thomas Aquinas had to be given a religious name, as it is customary among
Carmelites, he could have been called Thomas a Creatore. With this proposal in his
delighting essay on Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton has underscored a ruling perspective of
Thomistic thought. This ruling perspective of the unity of theology of creation and
salvation underlies the following affirmation which I understand as an urgent plea for
interdisciplinary learning and dialogue to be sought by theologians:
"Error circa creaturas redundat infalsam de Deo scientiam, et hominum
mentes a Deo abducit in quem fides dirigere nititur" (Summa contra
Gentiles 11,3).2000-01-01T00:00:00ZGod and the Trinity in the Fathers : the first two centuries
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Title: God and the Trinity in the Fathers : the first two centuries
Abstract: The declaration of one God, the Father and Creator of heaven and earth, formed
the background and indisputable premise of the faith to the early Church, a faith
inherited from Judaism, a faith which marked the dividing line between the Church
and paganism. According to Hermas the first commandment is to believe that God
is one and that He created and established all things and brought them out of
nothingness (Mand. 1.1). For Clement God is the Father and Creator of the entire
cosmos (19,2) and for the writer of the so-called letter of Barnabas and for the
Didache (1,2) God is our maker, the Lord Almighty, who governs the whole universe
and master of all things.2000-01-01T00:00:00ZHebrews 9,2 : some suggestions about text and context
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Title: Hebrews 9,2 : some suggestions about text and context
Abstract: The Greek text at Heb 9,2 has long been recognized as containing vexing
problems. The text discusses the outer "tent" (skene) of the desert tabernacle. This
is beyond dispute. The difficulty centres on the word Hagia at the end of the verse. l
Normally this is taken as a reference to the outer tent as the "Holies". But a closer
examination reveals difficulties.2 Part of the problem involves the text itself. But
textual uncertainties are part of a larger challenge constituted by the interpretation
of Heb 9,2 in its context.2000-01-01T00:00:00Z"I would rather not be wearisome to you" Saint Augustine' as preacher
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Title: "I would rather not be wearisome to you" Saint Augustine' as preacher
Abstract: "What business is it of mine to be wearisome to people; to say to the wicked, 'Don't
act wickedly, act like this, stop acting like that'? What business is it of mine to be
burdensome to people? I have received instructions how I should live; let me live as I
have been told to, as I have been commanded. Let me sign for what I have received;
why should I give an account for others? The gospel terrifies me; because nobody
could outdo me in enjoying such anxiety-free leisure. There is nothing better, nothing
more pleasant to search through the divine treasure chest with nobody making a
commotion; it is pleasant, it is good. But to preach, to refute, to rebuke, to build up, to
manage for everybody, that is a great burden, a great weight, a great labour. Who would
not run away from this labour? But the gospel terrifies me" (s 339,4). Thus Augustine
addresses his flock on one of the anniversary days of his bishop's ordination, in which
year we do not know. He might have been still young, deploring his lost monastic
freedom and peace and not yet having come to terms with the hustle and bustle of the
manifold duties of a bishop. If he was already old he was certainly tired of a lifelong
battle against the sins and failures of those entrusted to him as a pastor, yearning for
repose in order to care only for his own peace of soul.2000-01-01T00:00:00Z