Thomas Aquinas Research Paper

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In the multiple texts we read in class, Thomas Aquinas discusses the New Law, charity and reasons for Christs suffering and resurrection. As a result, he shows that Gods work through these events empower the human person to partake entirely in God's life and act in true freedom.

The New Law, according to Aquinas is contained in the Old Law and is the baptized person's participation in grace. Both the New Law and the Old Law have the same end, "that men should submit to God, and there is just one God for both the New Covenant and the Old Covenant" (q.107, a.1). The grace given from the New Law is used and operated through, "the power of Jesus Christ's suffering, death and resurrection" (Seminar Guide Law). Evidently the human law grants humans

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