Meaning and context of this quote
“To know that God exists in a general and confused way is implanted in us by nature. But this is not to know absolutely that God exists.”
from Summa Theologiae — Thomas Aquinas
This passage from Summa Theologiae reflects Thomas Aquinas’s teaching on divine union.
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