Divine Action in the Eucharist

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Michael Dummett

Thomas Aquinas has long been the gold standard for theology of divine action in the Eucharist. Yet his account raises a number of difficulties. His position rests on a literal reading of scripture, a network of concomitant miracles that are dubious, and the danger of multiple incarnations, and a metaphysical apparatus that lacks credibility. This chapter argues that we should look for a better way to think about the Eucharist. First, it engages the proposal of Michael Dummett, a Roman Catholic philosopher, and second, it offers its own alternative sketch of divine action in the Eucharist which avoids the problems associated with Aquinas’s account.

Thomas Aquinas Holds Fast: Objections to Aquinas within Today's Debate on Divine Action

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Silva
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Divine Action

Reimagining the Literature of the Modern Republic

PMLA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 752-758
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Gustafson
Keyword(s):  
Adam Smith ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Spanish America ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Liberal Philosophy ◽  
School Of Salamanca ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Usable Past

Raúl Coronado'S Ambitious and Beautifully Realized Book About The Literature Of Failed Republican Revolution in Late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Texas is a major contribution to the expanding field of scholarship that recovers, contextualizes, and interprets Tatino/a writing. This wide-ranging study traces the influence of scholastic thought in Spain and Spanish America, culminating in a discussion of the resonances of that intellectual tradition after 1848, as newly conquered Tejanos faced expropriation and violence by United States Americans. Coronado shows how the ideas of Thomas Aquinas and his Spanish interpreters—notably Francisco Suárez (1548-1617), a Jesuit and the leading member of the Thomist School of Salamanca, whose ideas were broadly influential in the Hispanic world—presented a durable alternative to the liberal philosophy of John Tocke and Adam Smith. In part through Suárez's influence, the Roman Catholic concept of the corpus mysticum fed into a distinctive vision of the modern republic that elevated the pueblo over the individual. That this alternative tradition failed initially to gain political and cultural ground explains the melancholy title of Coronado's study, while the possibility of recuperating this history as a usable past animates the project as a whole.

Unlocking divine action: contemporary science and Thomas Aquinas

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (07) ◽  
pp. 50-3800-50-3800
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Contemporary Science

scholarly journals The Concept of Death Penalty in a Pancasila State (Perspective of Official Religion in Indonesia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Maria Anna Muryani ◽  
Noor Rosyida
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
The State ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Library Research

<p>The death penalty concept  in perspective the official religion in Indonesia is an issue that is worthy of study in line wiht the execution of drug convicts lately. MUI fatwa No.10/Munas VII/MUI/ 14/2005 on the death penalty in a Specific Crime allow the penalty in certain types of criminal  acts. In a latter sent to his congregation, paul chapter 13 yat 1-4 mention about the goverment’s authority to impose penalties for offenders. St. Agustine and Thomas Aquinas assume that the state, in order to achieve common prosperity, can performthe death penalty. St. Agustine assess the death penalty as a way to prevent crime and protect those who are innocent. Buton the other hand the human right activists who joined in contrast, Impartial and Elsam reject the death penalty and the Roman catholic Church and Christians argue that the death penalty should not be carried out because it violates basic human right, namely the righ to life. Therefore, research is the theme of the death penalty in the perspective of the official state religions in the frame Pancasila want to investigate this further on the death penalty in the perspective of religion are officially recognized by the state as defined in the following issues; How does the concept of the death penalty in perspective official religions in Indonesia are contained in their holy book? And How the concept of the death penalty to be reviewed from the perspective of the state ideology Pancasila? This research is a normative juridical or doctrinal research. This study uses several approaches that approach to the concept (conceptual approach), approach to the comparative (comparative approach) and approach to legislation (statute approach). This study was a descriptive analytical method of data collection in the form of a data library (library research) and interviews.</p><p class="IABSSS" align="center">[]</p><p><em>Konsep hukuman mati dalam perspektif agama resmi di Indonesia merupakan sebuah isu yang patut dikaji sejalan dengan pelaksanaan eksekusi mati narapidana narkoba. Fatwa MUI No.10/Munas VII/MUI/14/2005 tentang pidana mati dalam Tindak Pidana Tertentu memungkinkan adanya pidana dalam jenis tindak pidana tertentu. Dalam surat terakhir yang dikirim ke jemaahnya, pasal 13 ayat 1-4 menyebutkan tentang kewenangan pemerintah untuk menjatuhkan sanksi bagi pelanggar. St Agustine dan Thomas Aquinas beranggapan bahwa negara, untuk mencapai kesejahteraan bersama, dapat melaksanakan hukuman mati. St Agustine menilai hukuman mati sebagai cara untuk mencegah kejahatan dan melindungi mereka yang tidak bersalah. Namun di sisi lain para aktivis HAM yang bergabung sebaliknya, Imparsial dan Elsam menolak hukuman mati dan Gereja Katolik Roma dan Kristen berpendapat bahwa hukuman mati tidak boleh dilakukan karena melanggar hak asasi manusia, yaitu hak untuk hidup. Oleh karena itu, penelitian yang mengangkat tema pidana mati dalam perspektif agama resmi negara dalam bingkai Pancasila ingin diteliti lebih jauh mengenai hukuman mati dalam perspektif agama yang diakui secara resmi oleh negara sebagaimana dirumuskan dalam isu-isu berikut; Bagaimana konsep hukuman mati dalam perspektif agama-agama resmi di Indonesia yang dimuat dalam kitab sucinya? Dan Bagaimana konsep hukuman mati ditinjau dari perspektif ideologi negara Pancasila? Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yuridis normatif atau penelitian doktrinal. Penelitian ini menggunakan beberapa pendekatan yaitu pendekatan konsep (conceptual approach), pendekatan komparatif</em> (comparative approach) <em>dan pendekatan perundang-undangan</em> (statute approach). <em>Penelitian ini merupakan metode pengumpulan data </em><em>deskriptif analitik berupa pustaka data</em> <em>(studi pustaka) dan wawancara.</em></p>

Blood, Bone, and Body

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sacramental Theology ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Christian Thought

In this chapter, the author explores the sacramental theology of Thomas Aquinas and what it says about divine action. The author argues that the divine action of changing the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ is to be taken seriously among theologians and philosophers today, along with the whole range of Christian thought on divine actions in creation, incarnation, and providence. Aquinas’ sacramental theology plays a key role in the development of his overall theological metaphysics. The author then argues that Aquinas’ sacramental causality is coherent, although he finds the metaphysics highly implausible.

Divine Agency, Divine Freedom, and Divine Suffering

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Rational Deliberation ◽  
Concepts Of God ◽  
Divine Agency ◽  
Divine Freedom

This chapter argues that traditional concepts of God as pure act, impassible, atemporal, and simple should be rethought in light of the canonical claims the Christian tradition makes about divine action. First, it examines why we should hold to a strong account of divine agency. On this basis, it argues that we cannot avoid predicating such concepts as choice, mercy, rational deliberation, love, suffering, wrath, and patience to God. The chapter calls this divine “agentism.” Second, it argues that the central claims of agentism are incompatible with the thought of Thomas Aquinas (“Thomism”) and some of its major exponents. Third, it argues why Thomism is unpersuasive. Finally, it indicates some directions for future research in this area.

Natural Law in the Teaching of Christian Ethics

Ecclesiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-269
Author(s):  
Robin Gill
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Humanae Vitae ◽  
Faith Traditions ◽  
Natural Law Ethics ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article looks at the ways that Thomas Aquinas’ classic and highly influential understanding of natural law ethics has been criticised by students coming from a number of different faith traditions. It suggests that the way that natural law ethics was deployed in Pope Paul vi’s encyclical Humanae Vitae has not typically been found to be persuasive even among Roman Catholic students. It then looks at the way that Lisa Sowle Cahill takes on board these criticisms and offers a more persuasive account of modified natural law ethics.

scholarly journals Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas by Michael J. Dodds, O.P.

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
William E. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Contemporary Science
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