Strict Augustinian
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Strict Augustinian
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Jean 6:44 Exode 23:2 Genèse 6:5 ✝️ Royaliste - La Cité de Dieu - Collège de Sorbonne Un catholique qui aime lire de vieux livres de théologie. Ami de la vérité



In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years. 1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state. 2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state. 3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens. However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".



I’ve now had two people tell me that Pope Leo’s comments about immigration have put them off converting to Catholicism. At what point do we accept that such comments are scandalous and harmful to the faith?



L'extrême-droite n'aime pas la République encore moins la laïcité. Ne leur laissons plus aucun espace.




@IncredPapist_ Don't worry about it. They aren't serious. If that's the reason they don't value eternal salvation, they'd have just found something else to use to excuse themselves of having to abide by the disciplines Christ's Church demand


















