The holy, catholic, apostolic and Roman church believes and acknowledges that there is one true and living God, creator and lord of heaven and earth, almighty, eternal, immeasurable [lat. immensum], incomprehensible, infinite in will, understanding and every perfection. Since he is one, singular, completely simple and unchangeable spiritual substance, he must be declared to be in reality and in essence, distinct from the world, supremely happy in himself and from himself, and inexpressibly loftier than anything besides himself which either exists or can be imagined. (source: Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, v. II, Fr. Norman P. Tanner, S.J., ed.)
Lumen Gentium is the common name by which the Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution on the Church is known. The Church bears the true Light of the nations, which is Christ, and presents him to the world. It presents this Divine Light to the world more fully than does any other religious communion. It is in the spirit of being a countenance of this Light, as the Church much more perfectly is, that this blogspot is humbly offered.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Vatican Council I on the Nature of God
Again, I think all my fellow Thomists out there will be greatly appreciative of the following quote from Vatican Council I, Chapter 1: “On God the creator of all things.” I find it particularly interesting that this understanding of God overlaps will all sorts of individuals who are otherwise theologically at odds with each other on various important issues (e.g., Charnock, Garrigou-Lagrange, and N. Geisler), yet nevertheless remain unified in the common belief on the nature of God. Is this a triumph of Thomism?
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