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Practical Theology
Peter Kreeft
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Author: Peter Kreeft
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pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min2CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min3Introduction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min41. Religion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min52. The need for theology
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min63. Saints compared with theologians
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min74. How to interpret the Bible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min85. The (a) reality and (b) inadequacy of our innate knowledge of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min96. The “problem of evil”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min107. God’s necessity: “His essence is existence”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min118. All perfections are in God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min129. All that is, is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1310. Only three kinds of goods
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1411. Seeing God everywhere: the presence of God in all things
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min1512. “Seeing” God in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1613. Reason’s power to know God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min1714. Knowing God by analogy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min1815. We , not God, are the analogy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min1916. God’s knowing is creative
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2017. Human science = the knowledge of God’s art
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min2118. Is God alive?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2219. Predestination and free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2320. Does God love mosquitoes?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2421. Why God loves all the different things in the universe and why we should too
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2522. Inequality is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2623. Do men or angels rank higher in God’s love?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2724. Reconciling justice and mercy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min2825. How we can aid predestination
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2926. Personalism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3027. Pain or sin: Which is worse?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min3128. God and evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3229. Why good must be stronger than evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min3330. Do angels know the future?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3431. How is the human heart known by God, men, angels, and demons?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3532. The ultimate reason for patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3633. The greatest sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3734. Do creatures withdraw us from God?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3835. Why is it important that we have only one soul, not many?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min3936. The innocence of the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4037. Why practicing the presence of God is the key to sanctity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min4138. Love vs. knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4239. Proof that we have free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4340. Free will is based on reason
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4441. Human freedom and divine grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4542. Do we know objective truth?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4643. Human equality and inequality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4744. The goodness of human authority
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4845. Chance
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4946. The connection between monotheism and peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5047. How our free choices share in God’s sovereign government
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5148. God’s action and presence in all things
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5249. How God is in His creatures
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5350. Angels can teach us
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5451. Guardian angels are real
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5552. Why evil spirits assault us
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5653. How “everything has a purpose” changes the meaning of life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5754. Why life must have some single ultimate purpose or end
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5855. How even trivia are related to our union with God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5956. Why wealth can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6057. Why human honors can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min6158. Why being famous can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6259. Why power can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6360. Why a perfect body in perfect health can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6461. Why pleasure can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6562. Why even moral virtue alone can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6663. Why nothing but God can possibly ever make you completely happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6764. What role our bodily senses play in our happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6865. Happiness is the “Beatific Vision”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6966. How we can get there from here
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min7067. God alone suffices
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7168. Don’t expect perfect happiness in this life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min7269. Eternal security?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min7370. Happiness is unattainable by human power
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7471. The importance of knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7572. Why God can’t force us to will the good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7673. Is there such a thing as partial freedom and responsibility?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7774. Is sin due to ignorance?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min7875. Will vs. passions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7976. Does God move my will or do I?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8077. Man vs. animal
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8178. Reason and freedom
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8279. Being as such is good; all being is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8380. A map of good and evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8481. How much of life does ethics cover?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8582. Listening to reason is listening to God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8683. The sacredness of conscience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8784. Holy subjective intentions or holy objective deeds?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8885. Holiness in the passions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8986. “My love is my gravity” (Augustine)
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9087. Love is cosmic
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9188. Loving God more than knowing God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9289. Love’s end is union
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9390. Ecstasy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9491. Zeal
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9592. St. Thomas the “soft-hearted”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min9693. Hatred
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min9794. Self-hatred?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9895. Hating the truth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9996. The danger of unnatural desires
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10097. A recipe for happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10198. Love and pleasure
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10299. Is pleasure helpful or harmful?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min103100. The pleasures of contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min104101. Accentuate the positive
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min105102. Three evils: sorrow (misery) is worse than pain, and sin is worse than sorrow (misery)
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min106103. The worst thing about physical pain
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min107104. The importance of well-disposed emotions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min108105. The importance of reason in morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min109106. The proper role of feelings in a good man’s life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min110107. Why there are four cardinal virtues
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min111108. The need for supernatural virtues
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min112109. Is man innately good?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min113110. How to become virtuous
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min114111. Moderation and extremism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min115112. “The greatest of these is love”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min116113. The reason there must be a “ natural law” morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min117114. The three dimensions of ethics
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min118115. Spiritual vs. carnal sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min119116. Evil and ignorance one more time
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min120117. Passion and responsibility
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min121118. Why God doesn’t give us enough grace to overcome sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min122119. “The Devil made me do it”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min123120. Why there is always hope for conversion even of the worst sinner
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min124121. Evidence in our experience for Original Sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min125122. The purpose of law, and why not to obey bad laws
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min126123. The sacredness of the natural moral law
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min127124. What the natural law is and how obvious it is
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min128125. Why you must go beyond legal goodness to be good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min129126. Our obligation to secular human laws is not just secular but sacred
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min130127. When may we and when should we disobey unjust laws?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min131128. The spirit vs. the letter of the law
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min132129. The ultimate purpose of morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min133130. The different levels of moral instruction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min134131. Why we need “organized religion”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min135132. Kindness to animals
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min136133. The heart of the gospel is not its creeds or codes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min137134. “Progress”: Will there be a “third testament”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min138135. The difficulty in being a Christian
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min139136. Spirit and letter, internal and external
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min140137. Going beyond the commandments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min141138. God’s presence in ordinary knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min142139. Grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min143140. Nature and natural virtue
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min144141. Can we know that we are in the state of grace?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min145142. Grace and free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min146143. How salvation “works” and why faith alone is not enough
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min147144. The greatest, most dramatic event of all time
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min148145. The main qualification for religion teachers
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min149146. Faith and certainty
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min150147. Faith is a gift of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min151148. Faith and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min152149. How unbelief is a sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min153150. The good done by unbelievers; and “implicit faith”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min154151. Why lust is harmful
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min155152. The fear of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min156153. Love and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min157154. Presumption
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min158155. Is love in us from God or from our own active choice?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min159156. The infinity of charity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min160157. Charity and sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min161158. Loving your body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min162159. Loving sinners, hating sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min163160. Self-love
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min164161. How to love enemies
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min165162. Love’s two dimensions, objective and subjective
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min166163. Love of parents compared with love of children
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min167164. Love of spouse compared with love of self
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min168165. Order and hierarchy of loves in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min169166. Loving enemies vs. loving friends
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min170167. The secret of joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min171168. The fullness of joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min172169. Peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min173170. Virtue and peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min174171. Motive and deed
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min175172. Alms
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min176173. Guidelines for giving
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min177174. “Fraternal correction”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min178175. When it’s right to correct your clergyman
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min179176. Denouncing public sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min180177. Hating God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min181178. Hating sins without hating sinners
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min182179. “Hate crimes” vs. adultery: which is worse?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min183180. Sloth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min184181. When sloth becomes a mortal sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min185182. Sloth as the origin of lust
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min186183. Why the military is an honorable occupation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min187184. Sinning alittle sin to avoid abig scandal?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min188185. Actual vs. habitual charity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min189186. Anger
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min190187. Why God does not give you grace to overcome lust
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min191188. Pride
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min192189. Women’s punishment for the Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min193190. Cruelty vs. savagery
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min194191. Why we are tempted
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min195192. Curiosity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min196193. Games and jokes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min197194. How play and jokes go bad
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min198195. Modesty in dress
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min199196. “The adornment of women”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min200197. The truths in false prophets
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min201198. The importance of words
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min202199. Apparent miracles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min203200. The contemplative life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min204201. Beauty, lust, and contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min205202. How nature aids contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min206203. Contemplation and joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min207204. Active vs. contemplative lives
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min208205. Comparing the merit (worth) in the two lives, contemplative vs. active
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min209206. Are the active and contemplative lives opposed?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min210207. The limits of perfection in this life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min211208. Perfection = charity beyond measure
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min212209. How the Incarnation completes the purpose of the creation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min213210. The necessity of the Incarnation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min214211. A good but unanswerable question
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min215212. Christ on other planets?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min216213. Adoration of an image of Christ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min217214. Mary-worship?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min218215. Relics
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min219216. The Immaculate Conception
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min220217. Mary’s humility
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min221218. Mary’s sinlessness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min222219. The name of “Jesus”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min223220. John the Baptist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min224221. The meaning of Christ’s Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min225222. Why Christ was tempted
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min226223. Demonic strategy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min227224. Why Christ offended people
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min228225. Why Socrates was the greatest philosopher
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min229226. The reason for miracles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min230227. What Christ’s miracles taught
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min231228. Why Christ had to suffer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min232229. Why Christ had to die on the Cross
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min233230. Christ suffered everything
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min234231. Christ’s pain
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min235232. Why Christ died young
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min236233. Why Christ died in Jerusalem
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min237234. Why Christ died between two thieves
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min238235. How God could have suffered and died
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min239236. How Christ’s death was martyrdom, not suicide
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min240237. Christ’s death as obedience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min241238. How Christ’s death opened Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min242239. Why Christ had to rise
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min243240. Why Christ rose the third day
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min244241. Why Christ’s Resurrection body had scars
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min245242. Christ’s presence before and after His Ascension
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min246243. What the Eucharist signifies
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min247244. Why sacraments are visible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min248245. The place of sacraments in our historical story
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min249246. Sacraments and grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min250247. How the sacraments get their power
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min251248. How sacraments make us Christlike
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min252249. Why there are seven sacraments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min253250. The greatest sacrament
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min254251. Water
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min255252. Baptists vs. Catholics on immersion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min256253. The finality of Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min257254. How God’s grace is not confined to His physical sacraments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min258255. Who should be baptized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min259256. Infant Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min260257. The need for the parents’ will in infant Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min261258. Why the Eucharist is greater than Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min262259. The Eucharist as the end and purpose of Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min263260. Three meanings of the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min264261. Real Presence
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min265262. Transubstantiation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min266263. Real Presence: “Body and Blood, soul and divinity”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min267264. Bread without wine = the whole Christ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min268265. How Christ is “here” in the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min269266. When Christ’s Presence departs from the sacrament
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min270267. Why Christ’s Presence is invisible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min271268. Eucharistic appearances of bread and wine without their realities
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min272269. How complete is Christ’s disguise in the Eucharist?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min273270. We hear Christ’s words, not the priest’s
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min274271. The greatest sentence ever spoken
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min275272. Drinking Christ’s own Blood from His own wounds
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min276273. The Eucharist and our future Heavenly glory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min277274. The Eucharist and forgiveness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min278275. The Eucharist and Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min279276. How the Eucharist keeps us from sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min280277. How the Eucharist helps your friends
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min281278. Venial sins vs. the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min282279. Can forgotten or unconscious sins impede the Eucharist?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min283280. Denying Communion to public sinners
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min284281. Eucharist for the mentally disabled?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min285282. Daily Communion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min286283. Bread alone vs. bread and wine
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min287284. The content of the Mass
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min288285. How the Church deals with problems during the Mass
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min289286. Absolution
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min290287. Frequent Confession
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min291288. Repentance is not essentially a feeling
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min292289. Penance and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min293290. What penance does to sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min294291. Why forgiveness requires repentance
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min295292. How to distinguish true repentance from its counterfeit
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min296293. We don’t get off scot-free
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min297Section 297
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min298295. Exchange: bearing one another’s burdens
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min299296. Why God punishes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min300297. Excommunication
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min301298. Group guilt?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min302299. Indulgences
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min303300. Matrimony: natural or supernatural?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min304301. Why sex is not sinful
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min305302. The essence of Matrimony
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min306303. Married sex as sacramental
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min307304. Heaven as a real place
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min308305. Immediate judgment after death
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min309306. How souls in Heaven can be present on earth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min310307. Heaven is pure good but Hell is not pure evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min311308. The experience of the soul separated from the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min312309. The extent of the power of the communion of saints
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min313310. How we can help the dead
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min314311. Who are funerals for?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min315312. Whether suffrages offered for several are of as much value to each one as if they had been offered for each in part
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min316313. Are we being watched as we pray?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min317314. Why it is good to pray to saints
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min318315. The time of Christ’s Second Coming and the end of the world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min319316. A new universe
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min320317. The resurrection of the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min321318. The personal identity of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min322319. The organs in the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min323320. Hair and nails in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min324321. Youth and age in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min325322. Gender in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min326323. Animal activities—eating and copulating—in Heaven?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min327324. The agility of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min328325. Wounds in the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min329326. The concreteness of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min330327. The clarity, or light, of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min331328. The “impassibility” of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min332329. Remembering sins in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min333330. The need for two judgments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min334331. The time of the end of the world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min335332. Three categories of persons at the judgment
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min336333. The new world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min337334. The “Beatific Vision”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min338335. The role of the bodily eye in seeing God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min339336. The communion of saints in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min340337. What the resurrection body adds to Heavenly happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min341338. Degrees in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min342339. The blessed’s attitude toward the damned
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min343340. Can Hell make Heaven happy?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min344341. Damnation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min345342. Hellfire
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min346343. Is Hell “down”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min347344. Repentance in Hell?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min348345. What the damned want; and why suicide can never work
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min349346. Sins in Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min350347. Memory in Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min351348. Hell’s eternity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min352349. How can God refuse the prayers of the saints for mercy to the damned?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min353350. The harrowing of Hell?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min354351. More on the eternity of Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min355352. Limbo: reasons for its existence
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min356353. What they experience in Limbo
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min357354. Purgatory’s pains
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min358355. Purgatory’s freedom
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min359356. The amount of time you spend in Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min360357. The existence of Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min361358. Purgatory and Hell compared
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min362Postscript: What St. Thomas didn’t say
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min2CONTENTS
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min3Introduction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min41. Religion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min52. The need for theology
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min63. Saints compared with theologians
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min74. How to interpret the Bible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min85. The (a) reality and (b) inadequacy of our innate knowledge of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min96. The “problem of evil”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min107. God’s necessity: “His essence is existence”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min118. All perfections are in God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min129. All that is, is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1310. Only three kinds of goods
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1411. Seeing God everywhere: the presence of God in all things
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min1512. “Seeing” God in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min1613. Reason’s power to know God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min1714. Knowing God by analogy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min1815. We , not God, are the analogy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min1916. God’s knowing is creative
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2017. Human science = the knowledge of God’s art
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min2118. Is God alive?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2219. Predestination and free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2320. Does God love mosquitoes?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2421. Why God loves all the different things in the universe and why we should too
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min2522. Inequality is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2623. Do men or angels rank higher in God’s love?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2724. Reconciling justice and mercy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min2825. How we can aid predestination
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min2926. Personalism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3027. Pain or sin: Which is worse?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min3128. God and evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3229. Why good must be stronger than evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min3330. Do angels know the future?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3431. How is the human heart known by God, men, angels, and demons?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3532. The ultimate reason for patience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3633. The greatest sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min3734. Do creatures withdraw us from God?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3835. Why is it important that we have only one soul, not many?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min3936. The innocence of the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4037. Why practicing the presence of God is the key to sanctity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min4138. Love vs. knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4239. Proof that we have free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4340. Free will is based on reason
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4441. Human freedom and divine grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4542. Do we know objective truth?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4643. Human equality and inequality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4744. The goodness of human authority
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4845. Chance
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min4946. The connection between monotheism and peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5047. How our free choices share in God’s sovereign government
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5148. God’s action and presence in all things
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5249. How God is in His creatures
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5350. Angels can teach us
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5451. Guardian angels are real
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5552. Why evil spirits assault us
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min5653. How “everything has a purpose” changes the meaning of life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5754. Why life must have some single ultimate purpose or end
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5855. How even trivia are related to our union with God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min5956. Why wealth can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6057. Why human honors can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min6158. Why being famous can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6259. Why power can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6360. Why a perfect body in perfect health can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6461. Why pleasure can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6562. Why even moral virtue alone can’t make you happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6663. Why nothing but God can possibly ever make you completely happy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6764. What role our bodily senses play in our happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min6865. Happiness is the “Beatific Vision”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min6966. How we can get there from here
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min7067. God alone suffices
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7168. Don’t expect perfect happiness in this life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min7269. Eternal security?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min7370. Happiness is unattainable by human power
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7471. The importance of knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7572. Why God can’t force us to will the good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min7673. Is there such a thing as partial freedom and responsibility?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7774. Is sin due to ignorance?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min7875. Will vs. passions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min7976. Does God move my will or do I?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8077. Man vs. animal
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8178. Reason and freedom
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8279. Being as such is good; all being is good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8380. A map of good and evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8481. How much of life does ethics cover?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min8582. Listening to reason is listening to God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8683. The sacredness of conscience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8784. Holy subjective intentions or holy objective deeds?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min8885. Holiness in the passions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min8986. “My love is my gravity” (Augustine)
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9087. Love is cosmic
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9188. Loving God more than knowing God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9289. Love’s end is union
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9390. Ecstasy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min9491. Zeal
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9592. St. Thomas the “soft-hearted”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min9693. Hatred
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min9794. Self-hatred?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9895. Hating the truth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9996. The danger of unnatural desires
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10097. A recipe for happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10198. Love and pleasure
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min10299. Is pleasure helpful or harmful?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min103100. The pleasures of contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min104101. Accentuate the positive
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min105102. Three evils: sorrow (misery) is worse than pain, and sin is worse than sorrow (misery)
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min106103. The worst thing about physical pain
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min107104. The importance of well-disposed emotions
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min108105. The importance of reason in morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min109106. The proper role of feelings in a good man’s life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min110107. Why there are four cardinal virtues
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min111108. The need for supernatural virtues
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min112109. Is man innately good?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min113110. How to become virtuous
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min114111. Moderation and extremism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min115112. “The greatest of these is love”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min116113. The reason there must be a “ natural law” morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min117114. The three dimensions of ethics
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min118115. Spiritual vs. carnal sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min119116. Evil and ignorance one more time
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min120117. Passion and responsibility
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min121118. Why God doesn’t give us enough grace to overcome sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min122119. “The Devil made me do it”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min123120. Why there is always hope for conversion even of the worst sinner
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min124121. Evidence in our experience for Original Sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min125122. The purpose of law, and why not to obey bad laws
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min126123. The sacredness of the natural moral law
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min127124. What the natural law is and how obvious it is
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min128125. Why you must go beyond legal goodness to be good
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min129126. Our obligation to secular human laws is not just secular but sacred
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min130127. When may we and when should we disobey unjust laws?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min131128. The spirit vs. the letter of the law
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min132129. The ultimate purpose of morality
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min133130. The different levels of moral instruction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min134131. Why we need “organized religion”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min135132. Kindness to animals
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min136133. The heart of the gospel is not its creeds or codes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min137134. “Progress”: Will there be a “third testament”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min138135. The difficulty in being a Christian
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min139136. Spirit and letter, internal and external
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min140137. Going beyond the commandments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min141138. God’s presence in ordinary knowledge
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min142139. Grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min143140. Nature and natural virtue
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min144141. Can we know that we are in the state of grace?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min145142. Grace and free will
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min146143. How salvation “works” and why faith alone is not enough
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min147144. The greatest, most dramatic event of all time
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min148145. The main qualification for religion teachers
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min149146. Faith and certainty
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min150147. Faith is a gift of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min151148. Faith and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min152149. How unbelief is a sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min153150. The good done by unbelievers; and “implicit faith”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min154151. Why lust is harmful
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min155152. The fear of God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min156153. Love and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min157154. Presumption
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min158155. Is love in us from God or from our own active choice?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min159156. The infinity of charity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min160157. Charity and sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min161158. Loving your body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min162159. Loving sinners, hating sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min163160. Self-love
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min164161. How to love enemies
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min165162. Love’s two dimensions, objective and subjective
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min166163. Love of parents compared with love of children
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min167164. Love of spouse compared with love of self
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min168165. Order and hierarchy of loves in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min169166. Loving enemies vs. loving friends
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min170167. The secret of joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min171168. The fullness of joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min172169. Peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min173170. Virtue and peace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min174171. Motive and deed
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min175172. Alms
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min176173. Guidelines for giving
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min177174. “Fraternal correction”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min178175. When it’s right to correct your clergyman
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min179176. Denouncing public sins
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min180177. Hating God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min181178. Hating sins without hating sinners
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min182179. “Hate crimes” vs. adultery: which is worse?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min183180. Sloth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min184181. When sloth becomes a mortal sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min185182. Sloth as the origin of lust
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min186183. Why the military is an honorable occupation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min187184. Sinning alittle sin to avoid abig scandal?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min188185. Actual vs. habitual charity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min189186. Anger
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min190187. Why God does not give you grace to overcome lust
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min191188. Pride
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min192189. Women’s punishment for the Fall
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min193190. Cruelty vs. savagery
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min194191. Why we are tempted
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min195192. Curiosity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min196193. Games and jokes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min197194. How play and jokes go bad
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min198195. Modesty in dress
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min199196. “The adornment of women”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min200197. The truths in false prophets
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min201198. The importance of words
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min202199. Apparent miracles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min203200. The contemplative life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min204201. Beauty, lust, and contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min205202. How nature aids contemplation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min206203. Contemplation and joy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min207204. Active vs. contemplative lives
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min208205. Comparing the merit (worth) in the two lives, contemplative vs. active
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min209206. Are the active and contemplative lives opposed?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min210207. The limits of perfection in this life
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min211208. Perfection = charity beyond measure
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min212209. How the Incarnation completes the purpose of the creation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min213210. The necessity of the Incarnation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min214211. A good but unanswerable question
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min215212. Christ on other planets?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min216213. Adoration of an image of Christ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min217214. Mary-worship?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min218215. Relics
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min219216. The Immaculate Conception
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min220217. Mary’s humility
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min221218. Mary’s sinlessness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min222219. The name of “Jesus”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min223220. John the Baptist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min224221. The meaning of Christ’s Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min225222. Why Christ was tempted
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min226223. Demonic strategy
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min227224. Why Christ offended people
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min228225. Why Socrates was the greatest philosopher
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min229226. The reason for miracles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min230227. What Christ’s miracles taught
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min231228. Why Christ had to suffer
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min232229. Why Christ had to die on the Cross
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min233230. Christ suffered everything
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min234231. Christ’s pain
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min235232. Why Christ died young
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min236233. Why Christ died in Jerusalem
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min237234. Why Christ died between two thieves
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min238235. How God could have suffered and died
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min239236. How Christ’s death was martyrdom, not suicide
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min240237. Christ’s death as obedience
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min241238. How Christ’s death opened Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min242239. Why Christ had to rise
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min243240. Why Christ rose the third day
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min244241. Why Christ’s Resurrection body had scars
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min245242. Christ’s presence before and after His Ascension
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min246243. What the Eucharist signifies
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min247244. Why sacraments are visible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min248245. The place of sacraments in our historical story
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min249246. Sacraments and grace
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min250247. How the sacraments get their power
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min251248. How sacraments make us Christlike
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min252249. Why there are seven sacraments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min253250. The greatest sacrament
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min254251. Water
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min255252. Baptists vs. Catholics on immersion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min256253. The finality of Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min257254. How God’s grace is not confined to His physical sacraments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min258255. Who should be baptized
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min259256. Infant Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min260257. The need for the parents’ will in infant Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min261258. Why the Eucharist is greater than Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min262259. The Eucharist as the end and purpose of Baptism
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min263260. Three meanings of the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min264261. Real Presence
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min265262. Transubstantiation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min266263. Real Presence: “Body and Blood, soul and divinity”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min267264. Bread without wine = the whole Christ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min268265. How Christ is “here” in the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min269266. When Christ’s Presence departs from the sacrament
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min270267. Why Christ’s Presence is invisible
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min271268. Eucharistic appearances of bread and wine without their realities
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min272269. How complete is Christ’s disguise in the Eucharist?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min273270. We hear Christ’s words, not the priest’s
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min274271. The greatest sentence ever spoken
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min275272. Drinking Christ’s own Blood from His own wounds
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min276273. The Eucharist and our future Heavenly glory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min277274. The Eucharist and forgiveness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min278275. The Eucharist and Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min279276. How the Eucharist keeps us from sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min280277. How the Eucharist helps your friends
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min281278. Venial sins vs. the Eucharist
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min282279. Can forgotten or unconscious sins impede the Eucharist?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min283280. Denying Communion to public sinners
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min284281. Eucharist for the mentally disabled?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min285282. Daily Communion
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min286283. Bread alone vs. bread and wine
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min287284. The content of the Mass
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min288285. How the Church deals with problems during the Mass
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min289286. Absolution
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min290287. Frequent Confession
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min291288. Repentance is not essentially a feeling
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min292289. Penance and fear
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min293290. What penance does to sin
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min294291. Why forgiveness requires repentance
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min295292. How to distinguish true repentance from its counterfeit
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min296293. We don’t get off scot-free
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min297Section 297
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min298295. Exchange: bearing one another’s burdens
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min299296. Why God punishes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min300297. Excommunication
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min301298. Group guilt?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min302299. Indulgences
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min303300. Matrimony: natural or supernatural?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min304301. Why sex is not sinful
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min305302. The essence of Matrimony
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min306303. Married sex as sacramental
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min307304. Heaven as a real place
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min308305. Immediate judgment after death
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min309306. How souls in Heaven can be present on earth
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min310307. Heaven is pure good but Hell is not pure evil
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min311308. The experience of the soul separated from the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min312309. The extent of the power of the communion of saints
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min313310. How we can help the dead
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min314311. Who are funerals for?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min315312. Whether suffrages offered for several are of as much value to each one as if they had been offered for each in part
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min316313. Are we being watched as we pray?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min317314. Why it is good to pray to saints
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min318315. The time of Christ’s Second Coming and the end of the world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min319316. A new universe
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min320317. The resurrection of the body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min321318. The personal identity of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min322319. The organs in the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min323320. Hair and nails in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min324321. Youth and age in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min325322. Gender in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min326323. Animal activities—eating and copulating—in Heaven?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min327324. The agility of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min328325. Wounds in the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min329326. The concreteness of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min330327. The clarity, or light, of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min331328. The “impassibility” of the resurrection body
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min332329. Remembering sins in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min333330. The need for two judgments
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min334331. The time of the end of the world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min335332. Three categories of persons at the judgment
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min336333. The new world
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min337334. The “Beatific Vision”
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min338335. The role of the bodily eye in seeing God
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min339336. The communion of saints in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min340337. What the resurrection body adds to Heavenly happiness
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min341338. Degrees in Heaven
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min342339. The blessed’s attitude toward the damned
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min343340. Can Hell make Heaven happy?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min344341. Damnation
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min345342. Hellfire
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min346343. Is Hell “down”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min347344. Repentance in Hell?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min348345. What the damned want; and why suicide can never work
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min349346. Sins in Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min350347. Memory in Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min351348. Hell’s eternity
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min352349. How can God refuse the prayers of the saints for mercy to the damned?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min353350. The harrowing of Hell?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min354351. More on the eternity of Hell
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min355352. Limbo: reasons for its existence
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min356353. What they experience in Limbo
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min357354. Purgatory’s pains
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min358355. Purgatory’s freedom
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min359356. The amount of time you spend in Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min360357. The existence of Purgatory
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min361358. Purgatory and Hell compared
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min362Postscript: What St. Thomas didn’t say
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
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