Hence there must exist from all eternity a first Being who owes His being to none but Himself and is able to confer being on others: a first living being, a first intelligence, a first goodness and holiness. And what we say of the present applies equally to the past.Ĭonsequently they require a cause, one that is self-existent. There are in the world living, intelligent beings that come into existence and disappear again they are therefore not self-existent.
It may be summed up in this way: The greater does not come from the less, the more perfect does not come from the less perfect, since the latter is incapable of producing this effect. God The Prime Mover Of Corporeal And Spiritual Beingsīefore we proceed to consider the meaning and import of the proofs for the existence of God and His providence, it will be well to point out one general proof that virtually contains them all. PART I : THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AND OF PROVIDENCEġ.
PROVIDENCE RISK OF RAIN 3 VERIFICATION
The verification of many quoted passages was thereby much simplified and this enabled me to proceed more rapidly. Bernard Wall, late of Wonersh seminary, England, for his courtesy in allowing me the use of his manuscript, which I consulted on various occasions. This indebtedness also applies to the second volume of God, His Existence and His Nature, which due to an oversight was not mentioned at the time of its publication
Newton Thompson for his painstaking care in preparing the manuscript for publication. In conclusion I wish to express my indebtedness to the Reverend Dr. It has also been translated into German, Italian, and Polish. Within a short time after publication six thousand copies were sold. The proofs for the existence of God and a discussion of the divine attributes constitute the basis of Providence. The first part of this book is a brief summary of a previous work by the same author, entitled: God, His Existence and His Nature. If we believe in the existence of Godand no reasonable being can deny thisthen we must say with the bard of Avon that "there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will" (Hamlet, V, ii, 10). Long ago the psalmist declared that "the heavens show forth the glory of God: and the firmament declareth the work of His hands" (Ps. The whole of creation confirms this view. In this book the author has proved conclusively to anyone of upright mind that there is an all-wise and designing Providence, who has created all things with an end in view, and this especially as regards human beings. In these days of positive unbelief, agnosticism, and general indifference concerning the supernatural, it is to be hoped that this English translation of the Reverend Father Garrigou-Lagrange's La Providence et la confiance en Dieu will serve a useful purpose. It has been exemplified in the lives of the best of her children. Nowhere will they find it but in the Gospel entrusted by Jesus Christ to His Church, which has preserved, taught, and expounded it. Souls are perishing in the ever-shifting sands of the relative it is the absolute they need. Their chief aim will be to insist on the absolute and supremely life-giving character of the truth revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ and infallibly proposed to us by the Church. May these pages instill in the minds of those who read them a better understanding of God's infinite majesty and the absolute value of the one thing necessary, our last end and sanctification. From this point of view we shall treat here: (1) of the existence of God and of His providence (2) of those perfections of God which His providence presupposes (3) of providence itself according to the Old and New Testaments (4) of a trusting self-abandonment to God's providence (5) of providence in its relation to justice and mercy. Our activity and our progress toward eternity must be directed from the higher plane of this contemplation. The primary object of contemplation is, in fact, God Himself and His infinite perfections, especially His goodness, His wisdom, and His providence.
Having treated elsewhere of God and of providence from a purely speculative point of view, we here resume the consideration of these great questions in their relation to the spiritual life. Part III : Providence According To Revelation Part II :The Perfections Of God Which His Providence Presupposes Part I : The Existence Of God And Of Providence
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