Ecclesiasticus 4:28

"Fight to the death for truth, and the Lord God will war on your side."

Ora pro nobis,

Most Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Francis de Sales, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Dominic. Amen.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Theology Proper

The index of posts related to the Study of God:

God in general

  • Proving the Existence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways" Examined (Part 1) (An introduction to the five proofs for God's existence laid out in the Summa Theologica I.2.3)
  • Proving the Existence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways" Examined (Part 2) (An examination of the first three of St. Thomas Aquinas' five proofs for God's existence.)
  • Proving the Existence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways" Examined (Part 3) (Looking at the Fourth Way of St. Thomas Aquinas)
  • Proving the Existence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways" Examined (Part 4) (Focussing on the Fifth Way of St. Thomas Aquinas)
  • Proving the Existence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways" Examined (Part 5) (Concluding remarks, summing up what the Five Ways teach us about God, and challenging the open-minded to follow the logic to its conclusion.)
  • The Stone Paradox: A Response (Is the conundrum "Can God make a stone so big that He can't lift it?" a valid question?)
  • In Defense of the Ontological Argument
  • The Reasonability of the Bible as the Word of God (Begins with an examination of competing notions of Who God Is, and whether He communicates.)



  • The Holy Trinity:
  • On the Holy Trinity (A response to strict monotheistic arguments against the Trinity)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 1) (Beginning a series of dialogues responding to "On the Holy Trinity".)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 2) (Defining "Love" and applying it to "God is Love".)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 3) (Responding to controversy regarding the definition of "Love".)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 4) (Reiterating the point [again] that if God is Love, then God must be Trinity.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 5) (Defining "Good" as it pertains to "Love", and venting frustrations.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 6) (The eternality, necessity, and "purpose" of the Three Persons of the Trinity.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 7) (Back to the definition of "Love" and whether the Early Church "got it wrong".)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 8) (Revisiting the concept of "Good" and approaching the Trinity from the Creation of Man in God's Image.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 9) (Whether or not God must do Good.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 10) (Against a Modalistic or Sabellian understanding of the Trinity.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 11) (The importance of faith in the Trinity and the relationship of Dogma to Intimacy with God.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 12) (On whether Dogma should be clarified for better understanding, and whether Dogma can be changed.)
  • The Trinity: Letters to Eric (Part 13) (Conclusion: Tentative Agreement, and an utter change of topic.)

    God the Father



  • God the Son--Jesus Christ
  • It's all about You (Salvation by Christ alone, and Intimate Friendship with Him)



  • God the Holy Spirit
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