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It only teacheth us to seek and to do bonum, velut finem naturæ, such a good as is an end proportioned to nature. All these precepts of the law of nature which we have spoken of could never lead men to a supernatural good. It is only the divine law, revealed from God, which informeth the minds of men with such notions as are supra naturam, and which may guide them ad finem supernaturalem.
They may be in involuntary ignorance. Yet I fear that, taking the whole nation, there are few who on this score can lay claim to faith." "Errantes invincibiliter circa aliquos articulos, et credentes alios, non sunt formaliter hæretici, sed habent fidem supernaturalem, quâ credunt veros articulos, atque adeo ex eâ possunt procedere actus perfectæ contritionis, quibus justificentur et salventur."
Cum enim activitas ex parte intellectus sit in suo ordine deficiens et imperfecta, ideo oportet ut lumen illi virtutem conferat altioris ordinis, supernaturalem et actui proportionatam per quam elevatur ad efficiendam visionem cum illo. Suarez, de Deo, cap. xiv. Let us suppose that you never could learn mathematics or astronomy.
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