Feast Day of the Angelic Doctor (Jan 28, St. Thomas Aquinas)

http://the-american-catholic.com/ ^ | January 28, 2014 | Donald R. McClarey

[NKP_Vet]

A whole lifetime is far too short to survey the intellectual and spiritual riches left to us by Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is best studied bite sized chunk by bite sized chunk. Here is such a chunk that I think is useful as a guide to Catholic bloggers: Article 4. Whether a man is bound to correct his prelate?

Objection 1. It would seem that no man is bound to correct his prelate. For it is written (Exodus 19:12): “The beast that shall touch the mount shall be stoned,” [Vulgate: 'Everyone that shall touch the mount, dying he shall die.'] and (2 Samuel 6:7) it is related that the Lord struck Oza for touching the ark. Now the mount and the ark signify our prelates. Therefore prelates should not be corrected by their subjects.

Objection 2. Further, a gloss on Galatians 2:11, “I withstood him to the face,” adds: “as an equal.” Therefore, since a subject is not equal to his prelate, he ought not to correct him.

Objection 3. Further, Gregory says (Moral. xxiii, 8) that “one ought not to presume to reprove the conduct of holy men, unless one thinks better of oneself.” But one ought not to think better of oneself than of one’s prelate. Therefore one ought not to correct one’s prelate.

On the contrary, Augustine says in his Rule: “Show mercy not only to yourselves, but also to him who, being in the higher position among you, is therefore in greater danger.” But fraternal correction is a work of mercy. Therefore even prelates ought to be corrected.

[NKP_Vet]

As a highly Pagan poet said to me: “The Reformation happened because people hadn’t the brains to understand Aquinas.” ~ GK Chesterton

[Salvation]

And a friend told me last night that the minster at her protestant church quoted Aquinas.

Amazing, no?

[NKP_Vet]

Heard a great homily on Aquinas this morning from the National Basilca.

[Verginius Rufus]

Why did they move his feast day to Jan. 28? It used to be March 7.

[FrdmLvr]

So it would coincide with Catholic Schools Week. ;)

[FrdmLvr]

Well, there you have it. I thought it might have something to do with Catholic Schools Week. It seems Benedict XV had something to do with it (from Wikipedia):

Also honored as a Doctor of the Church, Thomas is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: "This (Dominican) Order ... acquired new luster when the Church declared the teaching of Thomas to be her own and that Doctor, honored with the special praises of the Pontiffs, the master and patron of Catholic schools."[10]

[Dutchboy88]

"The Reformation happened because people hadn’t the brains to understand Aquinas.”

Or because they had the brains to notice how wrong he was.

[frogjerk]

Or because they had the brains to notice how wrong he was.

Please explain how he was "wrong".

[brooklyn dave]

only a guy like Chesterton could come up with that one. LOL

[Dutchboy88]

"Please explain how he was "wrong"."

I don't have the time, nor inclination, to address all of the errors of Aquinas. But, donum superadditum as an outcropping of the Scholasticism of the time is a place for you to start. This has led to a semi-Pelagian view in Roman theology and all of its accompanying errors.

[Salvation]

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