To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
Thomas AquinasRead
There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
Interpretation
Aquinas emphasizes the exclusivity of the Church for salvation, likening it to the safety of Noah's ark.
In this quote, Thomas Aquinas draws a parallel between the Church and Noah's ark, suggesting that just as the ark was the sole means of salvation during the flood, the Church is the only path to spiritual salvation. This reflects Aquinas's belief in the authority of the Church and its essential role in the spiritual life of believers, emphasizing that true safety and salvation can only be found within its teachings and community.
In practice
Using this quote during a sermon to emphasize the importance of Church participation for salvation.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their character.
As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.
Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this perfection has been barred and the infinite tide behind is struggling to express itself. These struggles and competitions are but the results of our ignorance, because we do not know the proper way to unlock the gate and let the water in. This infinite tide behind must express itself; it is the cause of all manifestation.
Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.
I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.
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