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Aquinas and Sacred Teaching

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…

The Epidemic of the Century

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…

Does believing the gospel save us?

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…

Q & A: Is faith the efficient cause of salvation? Part Deux

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…

Q & A: Is faith the efficient cause of salvation?

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.…