This article will examine a foundational principle for the classical Thomistic account of cooperation with evil in the realm of moral theology: namely, understanding and appreciating the integral nature of the external object of the moral … [Read more...]
About Anthony Hernandez
Anthony L. Hernandez has just completed his doctoral coursework at Ave Maria University, where he is majoring in systematic (dogmatic) and minoring in biblical theology. Anthony is writing his dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas's doctrine of divine providence as applied to the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ. He has previously published on the virtues of the dying and the Mariology of Charles De Koninck.
St. Thomas and Cooperation with Evil
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Truth in Dying: The Perfection of the Virtues in a Dying Christian
October 27, 2025 by Anthony Hernandez

This article presents a Thomistic portrait of how the virtues of the Christian life come to their full flowering in the person who is dying in the state of grace. Please note that the article is not only concerned with the infused virtues, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: death and dying, St. Thomas Aquinas, the virtuous man

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