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Pieper on St. Thomas’ Use of the Via Negativa in Discussing the Capacity to Sin of Human Beings
2 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen May 6th, 2006 in Aquinas, Negative Theology, Recent/Contemporary Roman Catholic Thinkers/MovementsAccording to Christian tradition, sin’s ultimate origin given God as Creator and God’s goodness etc., as well as why Adam and Eve in paradise would choose to turn from God, is considered a genuine mystery (that is, mystery for us, not for God). Joseph Pieper’s book, The Concept of Sin, engages the issue of the [...]


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