Thomas Aquinas and Common Grace (2)

(Cont. from the last issue of the S.B.) Again in Question 23, Article 3, reply objection 1, Summa Theological, we read: "God loves all creatures and all men, inasmuch as He wishes them all some good; but He does not wish every good to them all. So far, therefore, as He does not wish this particular good -- namely, eternal life -- He is said to hate or reprobate them." In support of both the first, and second contentions we read in Article 7 of Question 23, Summa Theol. I: "Reply obj. 3. The...