God

Father Hardon’s writings on God explore the nature, attributes, and mystery of the Divine Being revealed in Catholic teaching. These articles examine the Trinity, God’s love and justice, creation, providence, and humanity’s relationship with the Creator.

God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural – Part Two: Creation as a Divine Fact – Section Two: Supernatural Anthropology – Thesis VIII

THESIS VIIIBefore the Fall, Adam Possessed Sanctifying Grace and the Preternatural Gifts of Integrity, Immortality and Infused Knowledge. By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Having studied the nature of man according to his nature, his origin in soul by an immediate creation of God and in body by some special agency directed by God, we […]

God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural – Part Two: Creation as a Divine Fact – Section Two: Supernatural Anthropology – Thesis IX

THESIS IXAdam Lost Original Justice by Sinning Gravely.Original Sin Therefore Exists in All Men as a True Sin, Proper to Each Person and Transmitted from Adam by Propagation. By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our first parents were called to live in the friendship of God, so that their relations with God were different than […]

God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural – Part Two: Creation as a Divine Fact – Section Two: Supernatural Anthropology – Thesis X

THESIS XOriginal Sin Essentially Consists in the Privation of Sanctifying Grace. It is Voluntary in All Men Through Their Juridical Solidarity Under Adam, the Physical and Juridical Head of the Human Race. By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Having established the fact of Adam’s sin and our inheritance of a fallen nature from Adam, we […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – An Introduction

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Suppose we start with the sign of the cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. By way of introduction, I wish to say that the retreat we are beginning, I call a theological retreat – no less – and the […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Unity of God

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We are continuing with our theological retreat. The first formal conference is on the “Unity of God” – God is One. In the Nicene Creed, we begin our profession of faith with the words “We believe in One God.” Most of us I think do not realize that behind […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – God is a Pure Spirit

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We continue with our theological retreat. And the theme for the present conference is: “God is A Pure Spirit”: subtitle God is Absolutely Simple. First, a rather long introduction. The word simple is misleading in English. We are not exactly complimented when somebody tells us or says about us […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Holy Trinity (Part 1)

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present conference is on the Holy Trinity. It will in fact be one of two: this is the first and the next one will also be on the Holy Trinity. We have been speaking so far about the Divine Attributes – reflecting on them and applying them to […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Holy Trinity – In Our Spiritual Lives (Part 2)

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. This is our second conference on, the Holy Trinity and our subject is: “The Trinity in Our Spiritual Lives.” First, by way of introduction: We have seen something of the meaning of the Holy Trinity as the basic mystery of Christianity. All other mysteries derive from the Trinity or […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – God the Creator

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Continuing our theological retreat, our present conference will be on “God the Creator”; however, there will be two conferences on this very important and broad Subject. Our purpose in this meditation, we’re going to see, what the Church infallibly teaches about Creation. Then, examine more closely what we may […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Mystery of Creation

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is the second on the Mystery of Creation. First a prolonged introduction. Before we go into examining the spiritual implications of our Faith in God’s creating the world and us out of nothing, it will be useful to remind ourselves that God not only CREATED, He […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Infinity of God

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The achievement of the mind is to realize that God is beyond anything we can conceive. We might paraphrase that by saying that the greatest achievement of the human mind, the deepest and the highest thing we can know is to realize that God is beyond anything that we […]

The Divine Attributes Retreat: The Attributes of God – The Providence of God (Part 1)

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. God as Creator is closely related to God as Provider; in other words, creation and providence are closely interrelated. Creation answers the question where do we come from; providence tells us where we are going. Needless to say, we had better know both. What then is divine providence as […]

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