A Brief Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa | Fr. John Harris OP

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

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0:00.0	So, my understanding of what tonight's about is number one to encourage you, good Catholics, right?
0:08.9	That we are intellectuals, as I said before, St. Thomas has a great belief in the mind,
0:18.4	that we are made in the image of likeness of God and building on the work of St. Augustine,
0:25.4	Thomas says the image of God is that which is closest. There's something about God that's in God
0:31.6	and in us that brings us closer. At some level, we share it. and he says this is intelligence
0:37.8	that God is intelligent and we are intelligent
0:40.7	so by using our intelligence
0:43.1	it's a way of us actually getting closer
0:45.4	to God
0:46.2	right? Some people say you know talk about
0:49.2	phydeism as they call it
0:51.1	which is just the pure
0:52.5	I believe and that's it.
0:55.7	And there's no discussion and no thought going to it.
0:59.9	I just believe in God because I believe in God and because churches I believe in God, I believe in God.
1:04.6	That's not Catholic.
1:06.9	We're not phoedis.
1:08.6	We are believers.
1:10.5	And as believers, we can use our mind.
1:15.6	And the theological virtue of hope, of faith, allows us to believe the things of the gospel.
1:26.6	This is the veritas prima, first truth.
1:31.3	Okay, so our minds, and as preachers and teachers of the Catholic faith,
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