“ A man, though unwilling, is often angry; though unwilling, is sad ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
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| Source | Summa Theologica |
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| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19950/pg19950-images.html |
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“Further, no one prays save for what He wishes, because, as was said (A. 1) , prayer is an unfolding of our will to God that He may fulfil it. Now Christ wished to suffer what He suffered. For Augustine says (Contra Faust. xxvi) : "A man, though unwilling, is often angry; though unwilling, is sad; though unwilling, sleeps; though unwilling, hungers and thirsts. But He" (i.e. Christ) "did all these things, because He wished." Therefore it was not fitting that He should pray for Himself.
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