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    Saint Thomas More was one of those people. Saint Thomas was a lawyer‚ author‚ and a statesman. Born in 1478‚ More served under King Henry VIII. He became Undersheriff of the City of London‚ Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer‚ Master of Requests‚ High Steward of Oxford and Cambridge‚ Lord Chancellor of the Realm‚ and Speaker of the House of Commons. He is known for writing the fiction Utopia in 1516 and his brave death in 1535. Saint Thomas had many attributes that people strive for today. Thomas More

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    Anselm and Aquinas Can god exist in this world? To both Anselm and Aquinas he did exist both had their own way of showing it but both decided to write about it. Saint Anselm served the church as a prior‚ abbot‚ and Archbishop; he was from Aosta‚ Italy and was born around 1033. Thomas Aquinas a scholar priest was born in Roccasecca‚ Italy around 1224. These men lived 200 years apart but had the same feeling that God did exist. They believed so much in God that they both were men of the church. In

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    reason is the Problem of Evil a problem for religious believers? (9) Probably the most powerful reason against the existence of The Classical God of Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem for religious

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    THOMAS AQUINAS (C. 1225–1274) Part I‚ Question 2‚ Article 3 of Aquinas’ book Summa Theologica Article 3. Whether God exists? Objection 1. It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite‚ the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If‚ therefore‚ God existed‚ there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist. Objection 2. Further‚ it is superfluous to suppose that

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    or not evil is the absence of good is a question that has puzzled Christians since the time of St. Augustine of Hippo. In The Confessions of St. Augustine‚ he initiates this premise and argues in its favor. Discourse about evil is based on the Christian theological teachings of the omniscience‚ omnipotence‚ and perfect benevolence of God as well as the understanding that evil is present in this world. Since these four concepts are contradictory‚ one of them must be rejected. Thus‚ St. Augustine

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    1. The Suffering and the Mystery of Evil “Man suffers whenever he experiences any kind of evil.” The concept of suffering and evil are closely connected. Pope John Paul II addresses this relationship between suffering and evil in his apostolic letter as follows: Man suffers on account of evil‚ which is certain lack‚ limitation or distortion of good. We could say that man suffers because of a good in which he does not share‚ from which in a certain sense he is cut off‚ or of which he has deprived

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    The topic of suffering probably is the hardest for me to bear as a Christian‚ because it is the result of evil in the world‚ and since God’s allowance of evil is hard to explain‚ it is an atheist’ best argument against Christian faith. My views on why God allows suffering are based on C.S. Lewis’ book “The Problem of Pain”. Lewis’ thoughts basically show that there is sufficient evidence that God is real and that pain exists because the all-powerful God created creatures that aren’t happy. Since

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    Saint Thomas Aquinas teaches that the end for which man is made is to be reunited with the divine goodness of God through virtuous behavior as well as the use of rational human intellect in order to know and love God above all. Dante Alighieri composed The Inferno based upon Aquinas ’ theological teachings - teachings which were most significantly influenced by Aristotelian philosophy but had an overall theological theme. Instead of Alighieri exemplifying man ’s expected end of reuniting with

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    Our society considers the work of Thomas Aquinas as early philosophy. However‚ his arguments and themes in one of his best known body of works‚ Summa Theologiae‚ draw heavily from that of former philosophical giants—ones such as Aristotle or Augustine. On that note‚ one of Augustine major accomplishments included defining mind-body dualism and materialism—an important distinction in philosophy. According to Augustine‚ Materialists believe that the mind exists as a part somewhere in the body; whereas

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    philosophy that has been greatly influential. Two specific philosophers Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Aquinas‚ evaluate Aristotle’s perspective of the political nature in relation to mankind. Thomas Aquinas uses Aristotle’s principles as a foundation for his reasoning in writing “On Law‚ Morality‚ and Politics.” He modifies Aristotle argument by contributing the religious sphere into the fundamental principles of his political teachings. Thomas Hobbes‚ on the contrary‚ is a lot more critical of Aristotle and

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