Comments on: Mary the Mother of God http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308 Truth and the God of Truth encountered. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dylan http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-7256 Dylan Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:34:36 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-7256 Jim, I love it. As our Lord said, "Every man who is of the truth hears my voice." The most important thing I believe? I believe in one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jim, I love it. As our Lord said, “Every man who is of the truth hears my voice.”

The most important thing I believe? I believe in one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

]]> By: Jim N. http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-7212 Jim N. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:45:09 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-7212 According to the Angelic Doctor, truth can both be essential, that is, the reality of the nature of a being, or it can be imposed. Each thing, as a physical existence, has a truth - if it is completing the action to which it's nature is ordered, it is in truth. If I am an artist, and I have a concept of a drawing, and I draw that concept and it comes out as I imagined it, it is the truth of my intellectual process. As you state, we as humans must make a judgment on the truth or falsity of something, and those judgments are imposed truths, in so much as our intellect is informed. When, however, our intellect is informed by the divine intellect, which knows the truth of everything, and is THE truth, then our intellects make informed judgments. What do I believe? I believe that I can't even begin to imagine how much there is to believe. I believe that my quest for knowledge is in some ways futile. I believe that one day I will, in my transformed body in the resurrection, come to know God in a way I now cannot grasp even an inkling of. The most important thing I believe? Jesus Christ did everything towards an end, and that end was the salvation of my soul. What an amazing gift! According to the Angelic Doctor, truth can both be essential, that is, the reality of the nature of a being, or it can be imposed. Each thing, as a physical existence, has a truth - if it is completing the action to which it’s nature is ordered, it is in truth. If I am an artist, and I have a concept of a drawing, and I draw that concept and it comes out as I imagined it, it is the truth of my intellectual process. As you state, we as humans must make a judgment on the truth or falsity of something, and those judgments are imposed truths, in so much as our intellect is informed. When, however, our intellect is informed by the divine intellect, which knows the truth of everything, and is THE truth, then our intellects make informed judgments.

What do I believe? I believe that I can’t even begin to imagine how much there is to believe. I believe that my quest for knowledge is in some ways futile. I believe that one day I will, in my transformed body in the resurrection, come to know God in a way I now cannot grasp even an inkling of.

The most important thing I believe? Jesus Christ did everything towards an end, and that end was the salvation of my soul. What an amazing gift!

]]> By: Dylan http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-7054 Dylan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:19:59 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-7054 Human reason is capable of discerning some truths. These truths can be communicated to others and understood by them. In any case, they remain true whether we judge them to be true or false. (I hate to speak of the truth merely in terms of accuracy because really truths tell us about a Person, about Jesus Christ. He is the Truth. Nevertheless, to speak in terms of accuracy, some things are really true because they correspond to reality as it really is.) What is the most important thing you believe? Human reason is capable of discerning some truths. These truths can be communicated to others and understood by them. In any case, they remain true whether we judge them to be true or false. (I hate to speak of the truth merely in terms of accuracy because really truths tell us about a Person, about Jesus Christ. He is the Truth. Nevertheless, to speak in terms of accuracy, some things are really true because they correspond to reality as it really is.)

What is the most important thing you believe?

]]> By: Qazse http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-7042 Qazse Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:42:44 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-7042 I am no judge of what is true for anyone else but me. Peace I am no judge of what is true for anyone else but me.

Peace

]]> By: Dylan http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-6939 Dylan Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:11:45 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-6939 Thank you! I'm interested in the truth. Please, tell me if you think I have written something untrue. At a minimum, it will either help me understand or appreciate the truth better or it will help bring others to recognizing the same truth. Tibi Pax Domini Nostri Iesu Christi. Thank you!

I’m interested in the truth. Please, tell me if you think I have written something untrue. At a minimum, it will either help me understand or appreciate the truth better or it will help bring others to recognizing the same truth.

Tibi Pax Domini Nostri Iesu Christi.

]]> By: Qazse http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-6934 Qazse Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:55:23 +0000 http://blog.ipsissima-verba.org/archives/308#comment-6934 I like the way you write. I like the style and the rigor. I probably disagree with many of your suppositions. But I happened by and wanted to compliment your writing and blogging. Peace I like the way you write. I like the style and the rigor.

I probably disagree with many of your suppositions. But I happened by and wanted to compliment your writing and blogging.

Peace

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