The Essence & Topicality of Thomism

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Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., explains why Thomism is the solution to the present crisis of Modernism in the Church.

The problem: The indications of the current crisis in the Church have “been not of a crisis of faith, but of a very grave malady of the intellect, which conducts itself on the tracks of liberal Protestantism and through relativism to absolute skepticism.”

Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange’s solution: Thomism.

“Thomism corresponds to the profound needs of the modern world because it restores the love of truth for the sake of truth itself. Now, without this love of truth for itself, it is not possible to obtain true infused charity, the supernatural love of God for the sake of God Himself, nor to arrive at the infused contemplation of God sought for Himself, that is, at the contemplation that proceeds from the living faith enriched by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, first of all, knowledge and wisdom.”

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humility and prayer in the search of truth is needed. Truth, indeed, is, under various points of view, one and multiple, simple and complex, manifest and mysterious. It cannot be attained in its profundity and elevation except by following the great geniuses that God has given us as beacons and guides. Otherwise, we resemble him who plans to ascend a tall mountain without an expert guide, thus exposing himself to the danger of falling in some precipice. … He who shows us the terminus of the assent is a great help for us, but we ourselves must walk with our strengths to attain it.

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