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Contra Universalism (and Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds?)

Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology

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The Restoration of All Things in God

Aquinas: If God wants everyone to be saved, then of course that's what's going to happen. We're all brought back to God. The mystery here is that the greater good does not necessarily include the highest private good of each individual member of the created order. So we also have these quotes right about God works all things to the good. Well, yeah, that's true in the entire created order. But the mystery here, it seems to me, is that the sort of common good of the entirecreated order doesn't necessarily include the higher private good of individuals.

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