7/5/2023 0 Comments St thomas summa theologica![]() ![]() Therefore the angel cannot understand himself. But nothing is moved by or is passive to itself as appears in corporeal things. Objection 3: Further, the intellect is moved by the intelligible object: because, as stated in De Anima iii, 4 understanding is a kind of passion. Therefore, since the angel possesses only knowledge which is intellectual, no angel can know himself. ![]() Objection 2: Further, an angel is a single substance, otherwise he would not act, since acts belong to single subsistences. ![]() ![]() Therefore an angel does not know his own essence. But, when the substance is known, the power is known. For Dionysius says that "the angels do not know their own powers" (Coel. Objection 1: It would seem that an angel does not know himself. (3) Does the angel know God by his own natural principles? Whether an angel knows himself? Under the first heading there are three points of inquiry: We shall treat of their knowledge, first, of immaterial things, secondly of things material. We now inquire into the knowledge of the angels with regard to the objects known by them. OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS (THREE ARTICLES) Sacred Texts Christianity Aquinas Index Previous Next 56 - OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS (THREE ARTICLES) Summa Theologica: TREATISE ON THE ANGELS (QQ-64): Question. ![]()
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