The Way of the Lord is truth and life
The Way is the spiritual path following Jesus Christ through prayer. There may be different styles of worship, but the Way is the same way, and the destiny is to enter into close personal communion with the same God and Father.
#6 To Be or Not to Be? That is the Question
When William Shakespeare put this in his play Hamlet he was, of course, quoting Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Volume 2. Hamlet asks the skull of a man who has ceased to be whether it is better to live or die? In the original reference Aquinas states that every contingent thing has in it something necessary.…
#5 Creation and Act
The creative power of God is common to the whole Trinity and belongs to the essence of God.God is the Father of the Son from eternity; while He is the Father of the creature in time. Reference: Summa Theologica Volume 1: Treatise on the creation: The mode of emanation of things from the first principle:…
#4 The Trinity
Who is God?This is the most fundamental question for any believer who feels God’s presence but does not comprehend the Being who is felt, the One who calls. The vision of Thomas Aquinas is truly sublime. It is he who consolidated the Christian concept of God as Trinity. This is what Thomas Aquinas writes in…
#3 What Thomas Aquinas Achieved
Ancient Greek philosophers initiated a dialogue about science and the nature of reality from about 600 BC. The texts written by Greek philosophers were copied and conserved by Orthodox Christians in libraries belonging to the Byzantine Empire prior to the fall of Alexandria in 642 AD, surviving in a reduced way up to the fall…
#2 Life of Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in Aquino, Italy and died aged 49 in France in 1274. Thomas Aquinas’ father was Count Landulf of Aquino, near Naples. Landulf and his brother Ronald seized the castle of Roccasecca and became the overlords of that area. Thomas’ mother was Theodora; she may have been sister to the…
#1 Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity and Creation
Article written by Clare Merry in February 2022 1. Introduction Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) summarized human knowledge and philosophy up to 1270. His tour de force was Summa Theologica – Summary of the theology of Western Christianity. The Blackfriars edition of 1964 presents Summa in 61 volumes. Other editions have a lesser number of volumes, but…
#1 Divine Light and Cloud in the Bible
Article written by Clare Merry in June 1994, expanded in March 2025 KEY QUESTIONS Introduction In 1994 I set myself the task of finding all the references to light in the Bible with the help of a concordance. I wanted to see what would emerge from looking at this theme in the Bible as a…
#12 Chronology and Conclusion
This is the chronology: Jesus lived a quiet life in Nazareth working as a carpenter with Joseph. Jesus was in his 30s when he started his three year ministry. He moves to Capernaum on the shores of Lake Galilee. Jesus went to Jerusalem each year for Passover, first with his family and later with his…
#11 Slaughter of the Innocents
Herod sent the Magi to Bethlehem and instructed them: “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” (Matt. 2:8) This was trickery. His intentions are revealed in the verse Matthew 2:16: “When Herod realised that he…
#10 Escape to Egypt when Nile not in Flood
The delay in reaching Bethlehem could have been caused by the wise men being held up by Herod in Jerusalem, but was the delay beneficial in some way and therefore serving the purposes of God? The Magi were warned in a dream not to return to Jerusalem and report to Herod (Matt 2:12).. The Magi…
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