Debate on Immigration is Naive, Hypocritical and Inconclusive. Debate on Immigration is Naive, Hypocritical and Inconclusive The European debate about immigration is naïve, hypocritical and inconclusive …More
Debate on Immigration is Naive, Hypocritical and Inconclusive.
Debate on Immigration is Naive, Hypocritical and Inconclusive
The European debate about immigration is naïve, hypocritical and inconclusive, Fulvio Scaglione writes on OcchiDellaGuerra.it. He takes Syria as an example. Quote, “It is known that the Syrians who left the country were not necessarily those most affected by the atrocities of the war, but the most educated and well-to-do Syrians managed to arrive in Europe.” 80% of them have been accepted as “refugees”, more than from any other country. Scaglione asks whether this alleged “charity” is in reality not part of a precise political project to empty Syria from its best population in order to reach a political goal.
“Gay Christian” Revoice Conference Excludes Christians
Peter LaBarbera, the President of Americans for Truth, and the Ex-“gay” leader Stephen Black have been banned from attending the ‘Gay Christian’ Revoice Conference. “Revoice” aims at reconciling the recognition of LGBT “identities” with – quote – “faithful Christianity”. Revoice defines celibate homosexual Christians as a “sexual minority” encouraging them to observe the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality.
Oligarch Media Hushing Up Continues
On Saturday, a Vatican court condemned Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella, a protegé of the late Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, to five years in prison for the possession of what the oligarch media called “child pornography”. In reality, the pictures found with Capella regarded sexually mature boys of the age between 13 and 17 years. This means that the pictures regard homosexual abuse.
An Overdue Explanation
Voice of the Family has published an excellent article of Dominican Father Thomas Crean on the teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas on conscience. Father Crean does what the Catechism of the Catholic Church is unable to do: He gives a clear definition of conscience. Here it is, “Conscience means a certain class of judgements made by our intellect; namely, the judgements that we make about acts that we have done or are doing or are thinking of doing.”
Debate on Immigration is Naive, Hypocritical and Inconclusive
The European debate about immigration is naïve, hypocritical and inconclusive, Fulvio Scaglione writes on OcchiDellaGuerra.it. He takes Syria as an example. Quote, “It is known that the Syrians who left the country were not necessarily those most affected by the atrocities of the war, but the most educated and well-to-do Syrians managed to arrive in Europe.” 80% of them have been accepted as “refugees”, more than from any other country. Scaglione asks whether this alleged “charity” is in reality not part of a precise political project to empty Syria from its best population in order to reach a political goal.
“Gay Christian” Revoice Conference Excludes Christians
Peter LaBarbera, the President of Americans for Truth, and the Ex-“gay” leader Stephen Black have been banned from attending the ‘Gay Christian’ Revoice Conference. “Revoice” aims at reconciling the recognition of LGBT “identities” with – quote – “faithful Christianity”. Revoice defines celibate homosexual Christians as a “sexual minority” encouraging them to observe the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality.
Oligarch Media Hushing Up Continues
On Saturday, a Vatican court condemned Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella, a protegé of the late Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, to five years in prison for the possession of what the oligarch media called “child pornography”. In reality, the pictures found with Capella regarded sexually mature boys of the age between 13 and 17 years. This means that the pictures regard homosexual abuse.
An Overdue Explanation
Voice of the Family has published an excellent article of Dominican Father Thomas Crean on the teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas on conscience. Father Crean does what the Catechism of the Catholic Church is unable to do: He gives a clear definition of conscience. Here it is, “Conscience means a certain class of judgements made by our intellect; namely, the judgements that we make about acts that we have done or are doing or are thinking of doing.”
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An Overdue Explanation
Fr. Crean’s complete article from Voice of the Family goes into greater depth regarding Aquinas and conscience than the quote provided in the above news article. An even clearer and more comprehensive definition of conscience can be found in the Thomistic Philosophy Page. I agree that both Fr. Crean’s article and the article from the Thomistic Philosophy Page are much …More
An Overdue Explanation
Fr. Crean’s complete article from Voice of the Family goes into greater depth regarding Aquinas and conscience than the quote provided in the above news article. An even clearer and more comprehensive definition of conscience can be found in the Thomistic Philosophy Page. I agree that both Fr. Crean’s article and the article from the Thomistic Philosophy Page are much easier to understand and follow than what is written about conscience in the Catechism.
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What is conscience according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, and why is it important?
Answer:
For Aquinas, conscience is the act of applying our knowledge of good and evil to what we do (or might do). So in order to (naturally) know what is a good action or a bad one, one needs to understand how things are naturally ordered by God -- primarily what human nature is, and what things it needs and deserves. This order which dictates what is good or evil behavior is called the Natural Law by Aquinas.
God can and does also supernaturally reveal what is and is not in accordance with his will, e.g. the Ten Commandments and Christ's Two Great Commandments. One also needs to apply this knowledge to what one does, and so one needs to be free to act in accordance with what one knows to be the Divine order of things, or not. Our conscience is our realization that what we might do or have done is good or not, but it is not the actual doing or the choosing.
On a technical note, for Aquinas conscience is the act of understanding what is right and wrong, though the name may be applied by extension to a habit or power of performing this act of understanding. The virtue of making correct judgments about right or wrong, i.e. appropriate exercises of conscience, is called prudence.
Fr. Crean’s complete article from Voice of the Family goes into greater depth regarding Aquinas and conscience than the quote provided in the above news article. An even clearer and more comprehensive definition of conscience can be found in the Thomistic Philosophy Page. I agree that both Fr. Crean’s article and the article from the Thomistic Philosophy Page are much easier to understand and follow than what is written about conscience in the Catechism.
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What is conscience according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, and why is it important?
Answer:
For Aquinas, conscience is the act of applying our knowledge of good and evil to what we do (or might do). So in order to (naturally) know what is a good action or a bad one, one needs to understand how things are naturally ordered by God -- primarily what human nature is, and what things it needs and deserves. This order which dictates what is good or evil behavior is called the Natural Law by Aquinas.
God can and does also supernaturally reveal what is and is not in accordance with his will, e.g. the Ten Commandments and Christ's Two Great Commandments. One also needs to apply this knowledge to what one does, and so one needs to be free to act in accordance with what one knows to be the Divine order of things, or not. Our conscience is our realization that what we might do or have done is good or not, but it is not the actual doing or the choosing.
On a technical note, for Aquinas conscience is the act of understanding what is right and wrong, though the name may be applied by extension to a habit or power of performing this act of understanding. The virtue of making correct judgments about right or wrong, i.e. appropriate exercises of conscience, is called prudence.
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