Book contents
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Analytical Table of Contents
- Ante Studium (Before Study)
- Epigraph
- Commentator’s Introduction
- Question 1 The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine
- Question 2 The Existence of God
- Question 3 Of the Simplicity of God
- Question 4 The Perfection of God
- Question 6 The Goodness of God
- Question 49 The Cause of Evil
- Question 7 The Infinity of God
- Question 8 The Existence of God in Things
- Question 9 The Immutability of God
- Question 10 The Eternity of God
- Question 11 The Unity of God
- Question 12 How God Is Known by Us
- Question 13 The “Names” or Qualities Predicated of God
- Question 14 Of God’s Knowledge
- Question 16 Of Truth
- Question 18 The Life of God
- Question 19 The Will of God
- Question 20 God’s Love
- Question 21 The Justice and Mercy of God
- Question 22 The Providence of God
- Question 25 The Power of God
- Question 26 Of the Divine Beatitude
- Commentator’s Conclusion: Preamble to What?
- Index of Scriptural References
- General Index
Question 20 - God’s Love
Article 2: Whether God Loves All Things?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2024
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Analytical Table of Contents
- Ante Studium (Before Study)
- Epigraph
- Commentator’s Introduction
- Question 1 The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine
- Question 2 The Existence of God
- Question 3 Of the Simplicity of God
- Question 4 The Perfection of God
- Question 6 The Goodness of God
- Question 49 The Cause of Evil
- Question 7 The Infinity of God
- Question 8 The Existence of God in Things
- Question 9 The Immutability of God
- Question 10 The Eternity of God
- Question 11 The Unity of God
- Question 12 How God Is Known by Us
- Question 13 The “Names” or Qualities Predicated of God
- Question 14 Of God’s Knowledge
- Question 16 Of Truth
- Question 18 The Life of God
- Question 19 The Will of God
- Question 20 God’s Love
- Question 21 The Justice and Mercy of God
- Question 22 The Providence of God
- Question 25 The Power of God
- Question 26 Of the Divine Beatitude
- Commentator’s Conclusion: Preamble to What?
- Index of Scriptural References
- General Index
Summary
Love is an attitude that exults in the sheer existence of the other and wills the other’s good. In the words of the Thomist Josef Pieper, it wants to say, “It is good that you exist; it is good that you are in this world!” Thus it is not primarily a condition of the feelings but an attitude of the will. But does God love the things that He creates? Does He cherish even the least of His creatures, as the Tradition claims? Much earlier we established that He is good. But does He will to impart good? Objections can be offered from many different directions. Of course, Scripture asserts God’s love for all things, but St. Thomas inquires whether it can be demonstrated by logical considerations alone.
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- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God , pp. 296 - 317Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024