The conception of angels and the origins of evil according to st. Thomas

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Soto P., G. (2020). The conception of angels and the origins of evil according to st. Thomas. Cuestiones Teológicas, 33(80), 337–358. Retrieved from https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/5943
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Vol. 33 No. 80 (2006): Tasks and perspectives of the Church
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Estudios
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Gonzalo Soto P.
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Abstract

This essay tries to explain the thomist approach to angels, demons and the problem of evil. Using the method of quaestio the author studies the following issues: the existence of angels, their nature and essence; their knowledge and activity; their origin; grace and nature related to these angelical creatures; the fallen angels and the problem of demons; the symbolism of evil. The essay reaches the following conclusion: any research around the issue of angels, demons and evil refers to two liminal questions to be found in any culture: the contact with the divinity is the result of an eagerness for meaning and the symbolism of evil is a sign and matter for deeper thoughts.

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TheologyAngels Thomas of Aquinas Medieval culture

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Gonzalo Soto P., Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Doctor en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana de Roma. Profesor en la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Profesor de Cultura Medieval en la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín. Experto en filosofía antigua y medieval. Entre otros ha publicado: La Función de la semejanza en las Etimologías de San Isidoro de Sevilla, Gran América, Medellín 1980; Filosofía de los refranes populares, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 1994; Los Refranes en el derecho y el derecho en los refranes, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 1997; Los Refranes en la medicina y la medicina en los refranes, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 1999; El perfil ético del egresado Bolivariano y su impacto en el medio, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 1997, La sabiduría criolla, Verón Editores, Barcelona 1997; Diez aproximaciones al medioevo, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 1998; Filosofía y Cultura, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín 2006.