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Thomas Aquinas and the Real Distinction

Posted on 7 December 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Thomas M. Cothran Aquinas’ celebrated “invention” of the real distinction between existence and essence in created things has secured his place at a pivotal moment of intellectual history. For some, such as Etienne Gilson, this shows Aquinas’ greatness. For … Continue reading →

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Ipsum Esse Subsistens: The God Who is Verb

Posted on 2 October 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Five ways, five philosophical proofs for the existence of God. Yet one might wonder whether the Angelic Doctor has demonstrated the existence of a single ultimate being. Perhaps the unmoved mover of the first way is a different being than … Continue reading →

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God Simply Is the Sheer Act of Existing

Posted on 25 May 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The doctrine of God’s simplicity,” states James Dolezal, “reaches the zenith of expression and sophistication in the thought of Thomas Aquinas” (God Without Parts, p. 6). One might even argue that it forms the lynchpin of St Thomas’s understanding of … Continue reading →

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