James Miguez over at the Thomism list on Yahoo posted an excellent article on Aquinas’ view on why Christ, the living revelation, never wrote this revelation down. Aquinas understood himself to be a “Catholicae veritatis doctor,” (preface, STh I) that is a teacher or doctor of Catholic truth. This truth is founded upon the teaching…
What I am about to tell you is very frightening, very frightening indeed. It is so frightening that if you succumb to the very thing I might be warning you against, then it is frightening to think that you think this might not be as frightening as it is. It is a disease of pandemic…
I don’t think that believing the gospel saves us. Let me s’plain as Ricky Ricardo would have said. Belief can be understood epistemologically (head) or volitionally (heart). Belief (1): Epistemologically, belief is not sufficient for salvation (e.g., the demons believe in God in this sense. James 2:19). A person can believe that the…
There have been some responses and counter responses to this issue that merit this as a posting. I will post the answers given by Reformation Theology and then the subsequent responses. This makes it better than going to see the comments all the time. Original: My critique of this common response: Dear Alejandra K. Cares…
Is faith an instrumental or an efficient cause of salvation? The reason I ask this question is because the quote below got me thinking about it. It is a response to a questioner in regards to whether faith is a gift. The questioner asserted that faith is our response through free will to God's grace.…