There is always a context into which I write, and today the context is not that of Aquinas and Calvin. It is instead an official…
Posted: 30 July 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
Category: Christianity
Posted: 24 July 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
I am enjoying this part of Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. I think he overuses the term "lover" because he was chaste — he sought the higher…
Posted: 17 July 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
There are many preachers in this fallen time who say that we don’t have a religion. We don’t have rules to obey that will ensure…
Posted: 9 July 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
This is my body, this is my blood (the quote is below, relax). Thomas Aquinas took that literally, and then ran into problems with his…
Posted: 2 July 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology, Wokeness
Briggs notes that Aquinas is going on overmuch about the Holy Spirit. I’d agree: this is very much arguing from other’s speculation on the nature…
Posted: 25 June 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
The issue of free will and the Holy Spirit comes here, and with it the division of the Protestants into Arminists and Calvinists. Arminius emphasized…
Posted: 18 June 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
I’m going to do a massive update on Aquinas today. He’s working through the nature of the trinity, and this will mean that Calvin will…
Posted: 28 May 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
I think it is fair to say that the times are getting clearer, as obvious error is obvious. Having said that, I’ve missed a number…
Posted: 7 May 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
I think that Aquinas is being a little too neat here. It is better to believe the creeds, and accept that there is a marked…
Posted: 30 April 2021
Categories: Christianity, Theology
Aquinas starts from first principles, discussing how things differ from inanimate objects and forces, to plants, to animals. His point will offend the hard vegans:…