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Finding the Mean Between Vices

Posted in Ethics, Hamartiology, Martin Luther, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Philosophy, Soteriology, tagged , , , , , , , on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One huge area of interest for the Christian philosopher is that of the relationship between man’s natural practical reason and the virtues that he may acquire through his faculties and the supernatural virtues that no natural faculty can help to achieve but are, nonetheless, requirements for entry into the City of God.  Peter Martyr said [...]

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The Telos of the City of Man: The Effects of Sin on Natural Law

Posted in 20th Cent. Theologians, Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Church Fathers, Ethics, Hamartiology, Medieval Authors, Philosophy, Politics, Soteriology, Thomas Aquinas, tagged , , , on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 

Now there was need for man to receive a precept about loving God and his neighbor, because in thus respect the natural law had become obscured on account of sin:  but not about the duty of loving oneself, because in this respect the natural law retained its vigor: or again, because love of oneself is [...]

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