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Episode 22 – Thinking Like Angels - the Spark of Reason & the Fire of Intellectuality | Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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An Angel Knows God Through the Grace of Faith

According to some human self knowledge, our knowledge of god is also far more limited than the knowledge that angels have. The angels have a more perfect knowledge of god since they know him through more noble effects. This directly connects to self knowledge. An angel knows god exists by simply looking at itself. Now iis possible for us to discover that god exists by human reason. We investigate the effects of his creation in the world and come to a realization that there us be some first cause of them all. That's quite a movement, actually a series of movements, constructing an argument with several premises after a lot of reflection. And not everyone has the leisure or the aptitude or proclivity to

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