CHAPTER XXXIII: QUESTION 48: THE EFFICIENCY OF CHRIST'S PASSION

[1824] Rom. 5:10

[1825] Eph. 2:4.

[1826] Denz., no. 799

[1827] Ibid., no. 820

[1828] Rom. 5:19

[1829] Ibid., 3:24

[1830] Eph. 1:5f.

[1831] John 3:14f.

[1832] Phil. 2:9

[1833] John 17:19.

[1834] cf. IIIa, q. 19, a. 4.

[1835] Ibid., q. 52, a. 5

[1836] Ibid., ad 2

[1837] Ibid., q. 69, a. 3, ad 3.

[1838] Ibid., q. 46, a. 3, 4

[1839] Heb. 10:5f.

[1840] John 19:30

[1841] Rom. 5:15f.

[1842] John 1:16

[1843] cf. IIIa, q. 19, a. 4.

[1844] Rom. 8:17.

[1845] cf. IIIa, q. 24, a. 4

[1846] Matt. 27:46

[1847] Ps. 21:2.

[1848] Denz., no. 993

[1849] Ibid., no. 2038

[1850] cf. chap. 1

[1851] John 1:29

[1852] Matt. 20:28

[1853] Ibid., 26:28.

[1854] I Cor. 6:20

[1855] Ibid., 7:20

[1856] I Pet. 1:18f.

[1857] I John 2:2.

[1858] I Cor. 15:3. See also Rom. 3:24f.; Eph. 1:7; 5:2; 1 Tim. 2:6; 4:10; Apoc. 1:5; 5:9. cf. Prat's Theology of St. Paul, II, 311

[1859] Com. in Gal., chap. 2, no. 8.

[1860] De Trinitate, Bk. XIII, chap. 14, no. 18; chap. XV, no. 19. cf. Rouet de Journel, Index patrist., Index theol., no. 419

[1861] Denz., no. 194 (Council of Orange); nos. 794, 800 (Council of Trent).

[1862] Ibid., nos. 122f., 286, 319, 323, 462, 794f., 799, 809, 820, 1096, 1294f., 1409. Christ accomplished our redemption by way of true vicarious satisfaction. cf. also J. Riviere, Le dogme de la redemption; La redemption chez les Peres Grecs, pp. 101-210. La redemption chez les Peres Latins, pp. 211-78. Le dogme de la redemption chez St. Augustin; Le dogme de la redemption, etude theologique; and Dict. theol. cath., art. "Redemption, " cols. 1932-42

[1863] Ibid., nos. 319, 552, 1019

[1864] Ibid., no. 3051

[1865] Denz., nos. 286, 993f

[1866] Ibid., no. 3051

[1867] Ibid., nos. 711, 790, 794, 796

[1868] Deut. 13:5; 9:26; 21:8

[1869] Acts 7:35

[1870] Denz., no. 1796

[1871] cf. IIIa, q. 46, a. 6

[1872] I John 2:2. See also IIIa, q. 48, a. 1, c

[1873] Supplement, q. 13, a. 2

[1874] Consult Cajetan's commentary on this article

[1875] Redemption, inasmuch as it is willed by God, is indeed by way of merit, satisfaction, and sacrifice, but absolutely speaking redemption can be conceived, so it seems, by way of a theandric act, without pain, satisfaction. and sacrifice each in the strict sense; because the theandric act of love even of itself is more pleasing to God than all sins are displeasing to Him. But we human beings acknowledge the generosity of love only if it be manifested by a generous acceptance of suffering. Thus it is commonly said that sacrifice is a real manifestation or proof of true love

[1876] cf. IIIa, q. 69, a. 3, ad 3

[1877] John 3:16.

[1878] Ps. 84-11

[1879] Cf. Ia, q. 20, a. 4, ad 1.

[1880] St. Thomas explained above (q. 47, a. 3) in what sense "God the Father spared not even His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all" (Rom. 8:32). He delivered Him up: (1) by eternally preordaining Christ's passion for the liberation of the human race; (2) by inspiring Him with the will to suffer for us and by infusing charity in Him; (3) by not shielding Him from the Passion, but exposing Him to His persecutors.

[1881] Col. 1:24

[1882] Rom. 8:17

[1883] Summa theol., IIIa, q. 49, a. I, ad 4, and a. 3.

[1884] Ibid., Ia, q. 21, a. 4

[1885] Denz., no. 1796

[1886] cf. Durandus, Com. in III Sent., d. 20, q. 2; Scotus, Com. in III Sent., d. 19, q. un., no. 7; G. Biel, Com. in III Sent., d. 19, q. un.; Lychetus, Com. ad Scotum in III Sent., d. 19, q. un., nos. 9-11.

Cf. M. J. Scheeben, Dogmatik, Bk. IV, no. 415, his judgment on the insufficiency of Scotus' doctrine concerning the Incarnation.

[1887] Cf. Gulielmus Paris., Cur Deus Homo (before middle); Alensis, Part III, q. 1, no. 4; St. Thomas, IIIa, q. 1, a. 2, ad 2; q. 46, a. 6, ad 6; St. Bonaventure, III Sent., d. 20, a. 1, 2, 3-5

[1888] It must be noted that for Thomists, in the order of grace and glory, several of these operations are of intrinsic value, such as intrinsically efficacious grace, happiness of heaven which is intrinsically impossible to lose; whereas, on the contrary, in the opinion of certain theologians, these have only an extrinsic value. The reason for this difference of opinion is that in these questions the Thomists consider, not only the fact itself, but the nature of this fact or act, or divine gift

[1889] Heb. 9:12

[1890] I Pet. 1:18

[1891] Isa. 1:6.

[1892] Denz., nos. 550-52. Bull Unigenitus Dei Filius.

[1893] Ibid., no. 550

[1894] Summa theol., IIIa, q. 1, a. 2, ad 2.

[1895] Ibid., q. 46, a. 6, ad 6

[1896] Ibid., 6th obj

[1897] Ibid., ad 3

[1898] Gen. 4:14

[1899] Thus it is generally said that it is objectively more meritorious to teach theology from love for God, than equally from love for God to perform some manual work; but personally it is more meritorious to do manual work with great love for God, than to teach theology with very little love for God

[1900] I Tim. 2:5f

[1901] Denz., no. 799

[1902] Rom. 5:20

[1903] Com. in Rom., Hom. 10. cf. Rouet de Journel, Enchiridion patristicum, nos. 421f., for testimony of several other Fathers

[1904] cf. IIIa, q. 48, a. 2, c

[1905] I John 22. cf. Denz., no 795

[1906] "Ex parte formae" here means those elements that constitute justice truly as such, just as body and rational soul truly constitute the nature of man. (Tr.)

[1907] Vasquez, in IIIam, disp. 3, c. 1f. Molina, in lam, q. 21, a. 1; Lugo, De mysterio incarnationis, disp. 3, sect. 1, no. 4; L. Billot, De Verbo incarnato, thesis 53.

[1908] cf. Cajetan, in IIIam, q. 1, a. 2. Salmanticenses, De incarnatione, disp. 1, no. 214. See also Capreolus, Ferrariensis, Alvarez, John of St. Thomas, and others in their commentaries on St. Thomas. Among texts from St. Thomas, cf. IIIa, q. 1, a. 2, ad 2; q. 48, a. 2. Also St. Bonaventure, in III Sent., disp. 20, q. 5.

[1909] Suarez (disp., IV, sect. 3, no. 11) says about this opinion of the Thomists: "I consider it so certain that the contrary opinion seems neither probable nor pious nor sufficiently consistent with the faith."

[1910] Ethics, V, 2.

[1911] cf. IIIa, q. 20, a. 2

[1912] Ibid., q. 48, a. 2, c.

[1913] I Cor. 6:20

[1914] See infra, chap. 34.

[1915] cf. IIIa, q. 48, a. 2, c.

[1916] So says A. Sabatier, La doctrine de l'expiation et son evolution historique, pp. 37, 97f. So also Loisy, L'evangile et l'Eglise, chaps. 3 and 4.

[1917] Denz., no. 122; Eph. 5:2

[1918] Ibid., no. 938. On the priesthood of Christ, cf. IIIa, q. 22

[1919] Isa. 53:4f.

[1920] Ibid., 53:10

[1921] Eph. 5:2

[1922] I Cor. 5:7.

[1923] II Cor. 5:21

[1924] Rom. 3:25

[1925] Ibid., 5:9.

[1926] Titus 2:14

[1927] Heb. 4:14

[1928] Ibid., 5:1.

[1929] Ibid., 9:11f.

[1930] Ibid., 9:28

[1931] Ibid 10:14

[1932] See Rouet de Journel's Enchir. patrist., nos. 416-18

[1933] Eph. 5:2

[1934] cf. IIIa, q. 48, a. 3. c

[1935] Ibid., IIa IIae, q. 85

[1936] Ibid., IIIa, q. 47, a. 1, 2

[1937] Com. in IIIam, p. 367

[1938] De Trinit., Bk. IV, chap. 14

[1939] Ibid

[1940] cf. I Pet. 6:1f.

[1941] Denz., no. 940

[1942] Mysterium fidei, pp. 101-6; also Esquisse du mystere de la foi, pp. 9, 13

[1943] cf. E. Hugon, Revue thomiste, July-September, 1922. See refutation of Father de la Taille's theory in Lepin's L'idee du sacrifice de la Messe, pp. 688-90, also A. Michel, Dict. de theol. cath., art. "Messe, " cols. 1245f.

[1944] Luke 23:46

[1945] Denz., no. 938

[1946] Matt. 1:21

[1947] John 1:29.

[1948] Mark 10:45

[1949] John 12:31.

[1950] Col. 1:13f.

[1951] Ibid., 2:13f.

[1952] Heb. 2:14

[1953] Rom. 6:23.

[1954] Rouet de Journel, Enchiridion patrist., nos. 413, 420

[1955] John 8:34

[1956] II Pet. 2:19

[1957] cf. IIIa., q. 48, a. 4, c.

[1958] Denz., no. 799

[1959] cf. Rouet de Journel, op. cit., no. 420

[1960] Col. 2:24.

[1961] Acts 4:12

[1962] Rom. 3:23; cf. Ibid., 5:12, 19; see also Gal. 3:13, 22; II Cor. 5:14; 1 Tim. 2:6

[1963] Heb. 2:10

[1964] cf. ad 2.

[1965] Com. in IV Sent., d. 20, a. 1, quaestiuncula prima

[1966] Denz., nos. 552, 757, 1471, 3051

[1967] Thus the just person can merit de congruo (fittingly), the conversion of a sinner, as St. Monica merited the conversion of St. Augustine. See also Ia IIae, q. 114, a. 6.

[1968] Com. in IV Sent., d. 20, a. 1, quaestiuncula Ia. See also Cajetan's Com. in Ep. ad Gal., 120, and his treatise De fide et moribus contra Lutherum, chap. 9, translated by Em. Mersch, S.J., in his "Le corps mystique, " Etude de theol. historique, II, 275.

[1969] cf. Ia IIae, q. 114, a. 6, c.; Heb. 2:10

[1970] Col. 1:24

[1971] Com. in. Ep. ad Col.

[1972] Denz., no. 3034

[1973] Ibid., note 4

[1974] The Blessed Virgin Mary congruously merited the liberation and the reparation of the human race, whereas the other saints congruously merited the application of this liberation and reparation to this particular person, as St. Monica to St. Augustine. Thus it is said that the Blessed Virgin Mary congruously merited the objective redemption of the human race, not indeed redemption taken in the active sense, for this is a theandric act of Christ the Redeemer but the effect of this redemption. Christ had a condign right to this effect, and the Blessed Virgin Mary a congruous right to the same. The application of objective redemption to Peter or to Paul is called subjective redemption, namely, of this particular man or the other.

[1975] cf. IIIa, q. 13, a. 2

[1976] Ibid., q. 8, a. 1, ad 1; q. 43, a. 2; De veritate, q. 27, a. 3

[1977] I Cor. 1:25

[1978] cf. IIIa, q. 49, a. 1 (end).