The Catholic Political Option for America
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Many Catholic philosophers and theologians will tell you that the political option for Catholics is to heap up conversations about how much we agree about, deemphasizing the need for Divine Revelation in the political sphere. Here, I briefly explain some of the principles of natural and Divine revelation, why this distinction has been horribly misunderstood, and how we ought to apply authentic Catholic teaching in order to fix our social ills. Please like, share, comment, and donate if you feel so inclined, Monthly: https://www.patreon.com/MilitantThomist One time donation: https://www.christianbwagner.com/donate Humani Generis on the moral necessity of Divine Revelation even for natural truths of religion: 2. It is not surprising that such discord and error should always have existed outside the fold of Christ. For though, absolutely speaking, human reason by its own natural force and light can arrive at a true and certain knowledge of the one personal God, Who by His providence watches over and governs the world, and also of the natural law, which the Creator has written in our hearts, still there are not a few obstacles to prevent reason from making efficient and fruitful use of its natural ability. The truths that have to do with God and the relations between God and men, completely surpass the sensible order and demand self-surrender and self-abnegation in order to be put into practice and to influence practical life. Now the human intellect, in gaining the knowledge of such truths is hampered both by the activity of the senses and the imagination, and by evil passions arising from original sin. Hence men easily persuade themselves in such matters that what they do not wish to believe is false or at least doubtful. 3. It is for this reason that divine revelation must be considered morally necessary so that those religious and moral truths which are not of their nature beyond the reach of reason in the present condition of the human race, may be known by all mean readily with a firm certainty and with freedom from all error.
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