The Mystery of Predestination: According to Scripture, the Church and St. Thomas Aquinas
THE MYSTERY
of
PREDESTINATION
THE MYSTERY
of
PREDESTINATION
According to Scripture, the Church, and
St. Thomas Aquinas
By
John Salza
TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
© 2010 John Salza
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ISBN: 978-0-89555-905-0
Cover design by Milo Persic, [email protected].
Front cover image: Guariento di Arpo (fl. 1338-d.1367/70). Angel weighing souls and combating a devil. Photo credit: Cameraphoto Arte, Venice/Art Resource, NY.Musei Civici, Padua, Italy. Back cover image: Osvaldo Bignami (1856-1936), Thomas Aquinas Fresco (1909), in the Chapel of Our Lady of Pompei, in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Italy. Picture by Giovanni Dall’Orto.
Printed and Bound in the United States of America
TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
2010
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To my dear friend:
Fr. Thomas Scott
Thank you for encouraging me to address this most difficult topic, and to find the truth in the teachings of St. Thomas, Universal Doctor of the Catholic Church.