>>24112748Maybe I am misunderstanding you anon, are you saying that I am claiming to be the truth or that I submit to it. I only claim the latter.
I would never ever ever ask you to trust me anon and I would encourage you not to even trust yourself. Place your trust in the external absolute not any man.
I am confident that I find a peer in Aquinas. As far as I am concerned there is only one son of god. He in fact guided me to Jesus, among others.
Key Aspects of Aquinas's Theology on God:
The Five Ways (Proofs for Existence):
Motion: Everything in motion is moved by another; there must be an unmoved first mover, which is God.
Efficient Cause: Nothing is the efficient cause of itself; there must be a first, uncaused cause.
Possibility and Necessity: Contingent beings (things that can exist or not exist) require a necessary being, which is God.
Gradation: Degrees of perfection (goodness, truth, nobility) imply a maximum standard, which is God.
Design: Intelligible, ordered things in nature imply an intelligent designer.
Nature of God:
Pure Act (Actus Purus): God has no potentiality; he is complete existence and power, with no passive capacity to change.
Simplicity: God is not composed of parts (like matter and form or essence and existence); he is indivisible.
Divine Attributes: God is infinite, eternal, immutable (unchanging), and perfect.
God as Being: Unlike creatures who have existence, God is existence.
Knowledge of God:
While God's essence cannot be fully known by human reason, his existence is demonstratable through his effects in the world.
Analogy: Human language about God is analogical, not literal or purely metaphorical.
God's Operation:
Will and Love: God wills himself as the highest good and loves his creation, which is a reflection of his perfection.
Providence: God governs all things, and his mercy is the fullness of his justice.
Grace: God is present in all things, but specifically present in rational creatures (saints) through grace
