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Quote from: JamesR on March 29, 2012, 04:00:02 PMQuote from: KBN1 on March 29, 2012, 01:31:07 AMQuote from: Aindriú on March 28, 2012, 10:36:49 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?YeahI'm curious as well.He tried to reduce God into a lousy deistic entity that could be entirely interpreted by the mere human mind even though God is much bigger than that and there are many things about him we will never be able to understand with our minds. Thomas Aquinas did not worship God but worshipped a philosophical idol of God inside of his mind.Quite the judgmental young man we are. Thomas Aquinas quit writing his treatise after seeing the uncreated light.
Quote from: KBN1 on March 29, 2012, 01:31:07 AMQuote from: Aindriú on March 28, 2012, 10:36:49 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?YeahI'm curious as well.He tried to reduce God into a lousy deistic entity that could be entirely interpreted by the mere human mind even though God is much bigger than that and there are many things about him we will never be able to understand with our minds. Thomas Aquinas did not worship God but worshipped a philosophical idol of God inside of his mind.
Quote from: Aindriú on March 28, 2012, 10:36:49 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?YeahI'm curious as well.
Quote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?Yeah
Worst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?
Have you read his Summa Theologica? It is an honest question so please don't read anything into it. I haven't tackled the Summa. Maybe I will.
Quote from: JamesR on March 29, 2012, 04:00:02 PMQuote from: KBN1 on March 29, 2012, 01:31:07 AMQuote from: Aindriú on March 28, 2012, 10:36:49 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?YeahI'm curious as well.He tried to reduce God into a lousy deistic entity that could be entirely interpreted by the mere human mind even though God is much bigger than that and there are many things about him we will never be able to understand with our minds. Thomas Aquinas did not worship God but worshipped a philosophical idol of God inside of his mind.Have you read his Summa Theologica? It is an honest question so please don't read anything into it. I haven't tackled the Summa. Maybe I will.A side question to those of you who know a bit about Thomas Aquinas: Where should a guy start who isn't ready to take on 3000+ pages?
Quote from: KBN1 on March 29, 2012, 05:26:46 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 29, 2012, 04:00:02 PMQuote from: KBN1 on March 29, 2012, 01:31:07 AMQuote from: Aindriú on March 28, 2012, 10:36:49 PMQuote from: JamesR on March 28, 2012, 10:10:18 PMWorst: Arius or Thomas Aquinas, do I even need to mention why?YeahI'm curious as well.He tried to reduce God into a lousy deistic entity that could be entirely interpreted by the mere human mind even though God is much bigger than that and there are many things about him we will never be able to understand with our minds. Thomas Aquinas did not worship God but worshipped a philosophical idol of God inside of his mind.Have you read his Summa Theologica? It is an honest question so please don't read anything into it. I haven't tackled the Summa. Maybe I will.A side question to those of you who know a bit about Thomas Aquinas: Where should a guy start who isn't ready to take on 3000+ pages?Kreeft's "Summa of the Summa," or Kreeft's "An Even Shorter Summa of the Summa."
If the person you believe is the great theologian is not on the list. Just post their name.
And FWIW, these are our Fathers too, you know.
Quote from: Asteriktos on March 27, 2012, 01:44:24 PMMost overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius
Most overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius
Quote from: minasoliman on March 27, 2012, 07:44:28 PMQuote from: Asteriktos on March 27, 2012, 01:44:24 PMMost overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius It's almost true, though. Has this great Saint ever taught something that was rejected by the Church?
Quote from: Severian on July 18, 2012, 01:16:25 PMQuote from: minasoliman on March 27, 2012, 07:44:28 PMQuote from: Asteriktos on March 27, 2012, 01:44:24 PMMost overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius It's almost true, though. Has this great Saint ever taught something that was rejected by the Church?He rejected Esther from his biblical canon
Quote from: Asteriktos on July 18, 2012, 01:20:03 PMQuote from: Severian on July 18, 2012, 01:16:25 PMQuote from: minasoliman on March 27, 2012, 07:44:28 PMQuote from: Asteriktos on March 27, 2012, 01:44:24 PMMost overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius It's almost true, though. Has this great Saint ever taught something that was rejected by the Church?He rejected Esther from his biblical canon That's true. Did he ever teach any theological errors, however?
Quote from: Severian on July 18, 2012, 01:23:58 PMQuote from: Asteriktos on July 18, 2012, 01:20:03 PMQuote from: Severian on July 18, 2012, 01:16:25 PMQuote from: minasoliman on March 27, 2012, 07:44:28 PMQuote from: Asteriktos on March 27, 2012, 01:44:24 PMMost overrated infallible theologian: St. Athanasius It's almost true, though. Has this great Saint ever taught something that was rejected by the Church?He rejected Esther from his biblical canon That's true. Did he ever teach any theological errors, however?Erring on biblical canon is not a theological error?
^Haha, good point! Did he ever teach a doctrinal, dogmatic, or theological error, however.
How reliable is stuff like CCEL?
I agree that specific scriptural canons are theologoumena when considered across the entirety of Christianity (and even within Orthodoxies), albeit a very important one that can't be ignored. But I wasn't asked to give a theological or doctrinal or dogmatic or [insert another term] mistake. The question was: "Has this great Saint ever taught something that was rejected by the Church?" And the answer is yes, his scriptural canon was rejected by all Christian churches that I know of.