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According to Thomas Aquinas, God can also be defined as the act of all acts, the perfection of all perfections and the perfect Being. [ 2 ] This Being is also called being in the strong sense or intensive Being ( Esse ut actus, or Actus essendi ) to distinguish it from being in the weak sense or common being ( esse commune ) of all created ...
Either (1) in reference to a future state, “if ye have this true love or charity ye shall be perfect hereafter;” or (2) the future has an imperative force, and perfect is limited by the preceding words = perfect in respect of love, i. e. “love your enemies as well as your neighbours,” because your Father being perfect in respect of love ...
Omnipotence, they say, does not mean that God can do anything at all but, rather, that he can do anything that is logically possible; he cannot, for instance, make a square circle. Likewise, God cannot make a being greater than himself, because he is, by definition, the greatest possible being.
The fourth degree was love of self only for God's sake; it was believed that this degree of perfection in love was only rarely achieved before death. [23] Thomas Aquinas wrote of three possible levels of perfection. [24] The first, absolute perfection, is where God is loved as much as he can be loved; only God himself can be this perfect.
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
He says there are expressly false statements in the Bible, but they are reported accurately. [76] He notes that "All the Bible does, for example in the case of Satan, is to report what Satan actually said. Whether what he said was true or false is another matter. Christ stated that the devil is a liar". [76]
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. (Matthew 13:17, ESV) And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. (Luke 22:15, ESV) I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. (Acts 20: ...