Natural, simple, slavish, filial

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Revision as of 08:33, 28 April 2011 by Eroica (talk | contribs) (New page: * '''filialem, initialem, servilem et mundanum:''' (''Latin'') filial, initial, servile and worldly, Thomas Aquinas, ''Summa Theologica'' 2.2.19, "Of the Gift of Fear": ''We must now consi...)
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  • filialem, initialem, servilem et mundanum: (Latin) filial, initial, servile and worldly, Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica 2.2.19, "Of the Gift of Fear": We must now consider the gift of fear, about which there are twelve points of inquiry ... (2) Of the division of fear into filial, initial, servile and worldly → Aquinas is talking about the fear of God as a child's fear of his father, the fear of God as the beginning (initium) of love, and a servant's fear of his master, and the fear of worldly punishment