Thomas Aquinas on Perseverance & eternal security
Perseverance is a distinct gift, not given to all the regenerate
THE POSITION
Perseverance is a gift, and no one can be certain of their own final perseverance apart from special revelation. Assurance is therefore hope rather than certainty.
12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Dominican friar, author of the Summa Theologiae. Synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine; the reference point for later Catholic theology.
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