Recent posts

#21

Theology / Re: St. Thomas and reflex prin...

Last post by Geremia - July 30, 2024, 10:43:17 AM

"[T]he truth of the practical intellect depends on conformity with right appetite" isn't a reflex principle

That's true, but reflex principles follow from it / are an application of it.

#22

Theology / Re: St. Thomas and reflex prin...

Last post by ptlopes - July 30, 2024, 10:14:37 AM

Hello Geremia,

Isn't Garrigou-Lagrange talking about the reflex principle "when in doubt one must stand by presumption"?

"[T]he truth of the practical intellect depends on conformity with right appetite" isn't a reflex principle, if I'm not mistaken.

Best regards,
Pedro

#23

Theology / Re: St. Thomas and reflex prin...

Last post by Geremia - July 29, 2024, 09:13:27 PM

Where does St. Thomas teach the principle that "in doubt we are to stand by the view which is presumably true"?

Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., cites Summa Theologica I-II q. 57 a. 5 ad 3, which contains the famous axiom:

Verum [...] intellectus practici accipitur per conformitatem ad appetitum rectum.
[T]he truth of the practical intellect depends on conformity with right appetite.

• Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., The Order of Things: The Realism of the Principle of Finality ch. 6 "Moral Realism: Finality and the Formation of Conscience" discusses this axiom.
• Wuellner, S.J., Summary of Scholastic Principles pp. 67-8, regarding "Reflex solutions" to resolving practical doubt, cites Summa Theologica I-II q. 19 a. 6 "Whether the will is good when it abides by erring reason?"
• Cf. also the overview of probabilism, equi-probabilism, and probabiliorism, etc., in Merkelbach, O.P., Summa Theologiæ Moralis (vol. 2): De virtutibus moralibus pp. 70-2.

#24

Theology / St. Thomas and reflex principl...

Last post by ptlopes - July 29, 2024, 05:09:54 PM

Hello,

Garrigou-Lagrange writes about conscience and probabilism in Reality:

St. Thomas, it is true, does cite at times other reflex principles, useful in forming conscience, for example, that in doubt we are to stand by the view which is presumably true. But if he seldom dwells on these reflex principles, it is because he holds that prudential certitude¹⁰³⁹ is found in that view which is nearest to evident truth, and most in conformity, not with egoism, but with the inclination to virtue.

Where does St. Thomas teach the principle that "in doubt we are to stand by the view which is presumably true"?

Thanks.
God bless,
Pedro

#25

Catholic Resources / Re: Writings of the saints and...

Last post by kerrysky - July 18, 2024, 09:31:04 PM

Book of the day (Friday, 19th of July 2024)

St Padre Pio and The Miracle of Stigmata - In His Own Words and Photos - Vol II (PDF)
https://disk.yandex.com/i/ANGnVPSI-POMWw

Source: https://freecatholicebooks.wordpress.com/

I just want to bring to your attention a great read about St Padre Pio by his spiritual daughter Graziella Mandato that is available on isidore.co

Padre Pio - Encounters with a Spiritual daughter from Pietrelcina

https://disk.yandex.com/d/nhI6MpWbZPEK4g/Padre%20Pio_%20Encounters%20With%20a%20S%20-%20Mandato%2C%20Graziella%20DeNunzio_8450.epub

#26

Theology / spiritual beauty > corporeal b...

Last post by Geremia - July 03, 2024, 04:47:08 PM

Beauty of soul
Hexameron lib. 6 cols. 271-2:

Quæ est pulchra in mulieribus, nisi anima, quæ in utroque sexu præstantiam possidet pulchritudinis?
What is beautiful in women, if not the soul, which in either sex possesses excellence in beauty?

(quoted in Krug, De pulchritudine divina p. 64)

Spiritual beauty > corporeal beauty
lib. 1 De virginib. c. 6

Solus formæ arbiter petatur Deus, qui etiam in corpore minus pulchro diligat animas pulchriores.
Let God alone be sought as the judge of loveliness, Who loves even in less beautiful bodies the more beautiful souls.

(quoted in Krug p. 67)

[witchcrafts {φαρμακία}]

#27

General Discussion / U.S. Supreme Court unanimously...

Last post by Geremia - June 13, 2024, 05:11:06 PM

U.S. Supreme Court [unanimously] Rejects Challenge From Pro-Life Doctors to Abortion Pill

Sts. Paul & John condemn φαρμακεία (pharmakeia: witchcrafts, sorceries, magic potions, etc.):
The Greek word φαρμακεία (pharmakeia) can mean

• drug,
• purgative,
• emetic (substance that induces vomiting),
• abortifacient (substance that causes an abortion),
• potion,
• spell,
• poison,
• witchcraft;

so Scripture certainly prohibits the usage of harmful drugs like those that induce abortion, potentially abortifacient contraceptives, and other deadly substances. In the following verses, the Rheims translation translates φαρμακεία as "witchcrafts" or "sorceries." St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate uses "veneficium."
E.g.:

Ga 5:19-21: "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, Idolatry, witchcrafts {φαρμακία}, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God."

Rv 9:21: "Neither did they penance from their murders, nor from their sorceries {φαρμάκων},* nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts."

^{*The New American Bible (NAB) (and NABRE) translates φαρμάκων here as "magic potions."
(source: Matt Gutting's comment)}

Rv 21:8: "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers {φαρμακοῖς}, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
Rv 22:15: "Without are dogs, and sorcerers {φαρμακοὶ}, and unchaste, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie."

#28

General Discussion / Re: Guidelines for formatting ...

Last post by Geremia - June 12, 2024, 01:01:26 PM

Also, as a general rule the publication dates are set to the month+year of the imprimatur of imprimatured books.

#29

General Discussion / Re: Guidelines for formatting ...

Last post by Geremia - June 05, 2024, 10:34:53 AM

I also notice that the preposition is somethings before, e.g. 'de Sales, Francis', and sometimes after, e.g. 'Liseux, Thérèse de'. Is the a preference, or a specific reason that they differ?

Honestly, I don't know which is better; that's why there's variety...

I've also wondered whether it should be 'Grignon de Montfort, Louis-Marie', or 'de Montfort, ...', or 'Montfort, ... de'.

His is an interesting case, especially since he signed his name variously (according to Le Crom's biography).

#30

General Discussion / Re: Guidelines for formatting ...

Last post by fdsia8ds0 - June 05, 2024, 01:02:18 AM

I also notice that the preposition is somethings before, e.g. 'de Sales, Francis', and sometimes after, e.g. 'Liseux, Thérèse de'. Is the a preference, or a specific reason that they differ?
I've also wondered whether it should be 'Grignon de Montfort, Louis-Marie', or 'de Montfort, ...', or 'Montfort, ... de'.