St. Thomas Aquinas
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Quotations from a Friar, Theologian, Priest, Common Doctor, Saint, and 'Dumb Ox' (1225-74)
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God must be everywhere and in all things (ScG 3.68).
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Is the Mass of a wicked priest is of less value than that of a good one?
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Games in which there is competition, and in which there can be victory, are most enjoyable.
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This is done by Divine power in this sacrament; for the whole substance of the bread is changed into the whole substance of Christ's body, and the whole substance of the wine into the whole substance of Christ's blood (ST 3.75.4).
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Concord, which is an effect of charity, is union of wills not of opinions.
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Envy and anger cause inconstancy by drawing away the reason to something else; whereas lust causes inconstancy by destroying the judgment of reason entirely.
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It is worse to sin in public than in private, both because a public sinner seems to sin more from contempt, and because by sinning he gives scandal to others.
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Out of charity, we ought to love our neighbor, as regards the salvation of his soul, more than our own body.
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@BobScot09089338 Summa contra Gentiles, 3.154. De donis gratiae gratis datae; in quo de divinationibus Daemonum
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Happiness is especially continuous and lasting. But the most continuous of all human activities is the contemplation of truth.
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He did not come to call the just, as just, but the just, in so far as they are sinners.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
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