“ For a dead work, which is void of charity, can never come to life. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | charity work |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19950/pg19950-images.html |
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TENTH ARTICLE [III, Q. 69, Art. 10]
Whether Baptism Produces Its Effect When the Insincerity Ceases?
Objection 1: It seems that Baptism does not produce its effect, when the insincerity ceases. For a dead work, which is void of charity, can never come to life. But he who approaches Baptism insincerely, receives the sacrament without charity. Therefore it can never come to life so as to bestow grace.
Obj. 2: Further, insincerity seems to be stronger than Baptism, because it hinders its effect.”
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