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CONSEQUENDUM

PUBLICE PROPUGNABIT

MICHAEL JOSEPHUS WALSH,

Sacerdos ArchidicecEvSis Sancti Francisci,

S. THEOL. ^BACCALAUREUS.

HORA X A. M. DIE XXVIII MAII, A. D. MCMII.

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THESES

QUAS

AD LICENTIATI GRADUM

IN

SACRA THEOLOGIA

Apud Universitatem Catholicam Americae

CONSEQUENDUM

PUBLICE PROPUGNABIT

MICHAEU JOSEPHUS WALSH,

Sacerdos Archidicecesis Sancti Francisci,
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S. THEOL. BACCALAUREUS.

HORA X A. M. DIE XXVIII MAII, A. D. MCMII.

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THESES.

I.

Ad cognoscendum corpus doctrinae et disciplinae quod

sufficiat ad homines immunes servandos ab erroribus saltem

gravioribus, circa Dei naturam, circa cultum Deo debitum et

circa praecipua hominum officia, aliquod Dei adiutorium

divinaque rgvelatio generi humano moraliter necessaria. '

II.
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Miracula ‘‘divinae revelationis signa sunt certissima et

omnium intelligentiae accommodata.” (
i

)

III.

Trinitatis mysterium primum est et praecipuum caput

fidei nostrae, et totius religionis Christianae fundamentum

:

hoc enim posito cetera religionis dogmata. Verbi scilicet

Incarnatio, Christi satisfactio, missio Spiritus Sancti, sacra-

mentorum institutio virtus et efficacia consistere possunt; eo

autem sublato recensita dogmata necessario corruunt.

IV.

Mysterium SS. Trinitatis solius rationis ope, sive seclusa

sive supposita revelatione, positive demonstrari nequit; qui

vero suppositae per fidem veritatis rationes investigat, multi-

pliciter proficit.

V.

Relationes in Deo, licet sint cum Absoluto realiter quidem

identicae, secundum tamen irreducibilem quam inter se habent

oppositionem, inter se invicem realiter distinguuntur.

VI.

Persona est natura rationalis incommunicabiliter subsis-

teris.

(1) Cone. Vat. Const. “Filius Dei,” C. 3.



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VII.

Huic iion obstant notioni facta ex hypnotismo et somnam-

bulismo nu])eriime in medium allata.

VIII.

Personam a natura realter disting‘ui cum Sancto Thoma

confitendum.

IX.

Universa gratiae doctrina cum primaevo hominis statu

ejusque lapsu arctissimo nexu conjungitur ab eoque dependet;

varii proinde errores sive per excessum sive per defectum circa

gratiae naturam ac necessitatem ex diverso modo hunc primi

hominis statum concipiendi processisse agnoscendum.

X.

Uberrime constat sacris litteris, ex propositionibus Baii

damnatis et ex ratione theologica praeter -gratiam sancti-

ficantem alia dona et quidem praeternaturalia Adamo collata

fuisse.

XI.

Status naturae purae in quo homo habuisset quidquid ei

debetur, et nil aliud sive bonum sive malum, non tantum

potentia Dei absoluta sed et etiam ordinaria omnino possibilis.

XII.

Per supernaturale intelligitur perfectio ultra constitu-

tionem naturalem quae neque emanat neque emanare potest a

natura tanquam proprietas, consequentia aut effectus ejusdem;

quae a naturae principiis nequit causari
;

quaeque demum

naturae a Deo superadditur, nulla praesupposita dispositione

positiva ex parte naturae, nulloque ad eam habendam prae-

exigente titulo.

XIII.

In justificatione et adoptione non tantum donantur

homini gratia et caritas, vel ipse Spiritus Sanctus quoad dona,

sua, sed etiam datur ipsissima persona Spiritus Sancti et com



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sequenter datur ipsa Deitas, totaque Sancta Trinitas, ita ut

non tantum objective sed et realiter et personaliter in anima

justi cum donis et per dona sua novo modo praesens fiat, in

eaque quasi in templo suo substantialiter inhabitet eamque sibi

uniat et quasi deificet atque adoptet.

XIV.

Taken in the context, the words of St. Paul : v ci/j^apria

m Tov KoapLov . . . . wv ^pbaprov (Rom. v., I2etss),
can be shown, on exegetical grounds, to contain the doctrine

of original sin.

XV.

Peccatum originale nec in forma ulla substantiali mala

nec in concupiscentia aut ejus reatu, nec in qualitate aliqua

morbida nec denique in externa praevaricationis Adae im-

putatione reponi potest, sed in privatione gratiae sanctificantis

et in morali quadam deformitate seu aversione habituali a Deo

tanquam ultimo fine supernaturali, intrinsece consistit.

XVI.

Etsi per protoparentum peccatum bonum justitiae orig-

inalis toti naturae indebitum auferebatur, bona naturalia cum

intrinsece tum extrinsece integra remanserunt.

XVII.

Huic Sancto Thomae sententiae non obstat axioma apud

theologos ex tempore S. Bedae satis receptum, quod scilicet,

“Homo spoliatus gratuitis et vulneratus in naturalibus”

fuerit; nec illud insuper effatum Cone. Trid. quod “totum

Ad'am secundum corpus et animam in deterius commutatum

fuisse” declarat. (
i
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XVIII.

“Gratia Dei primO' animam moventis in eo est quod

producit velle ipsum in voluntate, et efficit simul ut sit pro-

prium et liberum ipsius voluntatis.”
(
2

)

(1) Sess, V,, Cap. I.

(2) Satolli, De Gratia Christi. Q. 3, Art. 2.



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XIX.

Assensus fidei theoU^gicae est liber tum quoad exercitium

tum quoad specificationem.

XX.

Fides 'quoad habitum omnibus tum parvulis tum adultis

necessaria est necessitate medii ad salutem; fidei vero actus

necessarius est necessitate medii in justificatione adultorum.

XXL

Intellectus et voluntas nonnisi cum -auxilio' gratiae ad

actum fidei salutarem attingere possunt.

XXII.

Theologice constat ordinationes Anglicanas ritu Eduard-

iano collatas irritas prorsus fuisse et esse et omninO' nullas (3).

XXIII.

Ad valorem Sacramenti nec fides nec probitas in ministro

necessaria est, sed requiritur intentio interna cjua minister

mente seria intendat ritum externum ut sacrum et religiosum

in Christiana ecclesia.

XXIV.

Since the first chapter of Genesis teaches nothing about

tbe time in which matter was created, nor about the manner in

which is was formed, nor about the age of the world, Catholics

are free to hold what Science may demonstrate 011 these points,

and hence there can be no confiict between Science and religion

concerning* the development of the material universe.

XXV.

The direct and immediate conclusions of geology, based

on convincing facts, prove that the crust of the earth is of

gradual formation and of extreme antiquity, and yet this in no

way contradicts the Mosaic cosmogony.

(3) Cfr. Leo XIII., Encycl. “Ap. Curae,” 1896.



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XXVI.

St. Matthew wrote his gospel in Hebrew or Syro-Chal-

claic, the vernaciilar of the Tews of Palestine at the time.

XXVII.

The expressions in Matt. L, i8, 25

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TrpcoTOTOKov, supply no argument against the perpetual virginity

of the Blessed Virgin.

XXVIII.

Notwithstanding some remarkable resemblances, stili the

differences between the Logos doctrine of St. John and the

Logos doctrine of Philo are so many and so great that the

Apostle could not have borrowed his teaching from the phi-

losopher.

XXIX.

The differences in languag*e and style said to exist between

ChristT discourses as reported in the Synoptic Gospels, and as

reported in the PVurth Gospel, are nO' valid argument against

the Johannine authorship of the Fourth Gospel.

XXX.

The critics who reject the Johannine authorship of the

Fourth Gospel because of alleged errors and falsehoods are il-

logical from their own standpoint.

XXXI.

The Philosophumena of Hippolytus furnishes strong evi-

dence for the existence and use by the Gnostic sects of the

Fourth Gospel during the first half of the second century.

XXXII.

We have both external and internal evidence that the here-

tic Basilides used the Gospel according to St. John during the

first quarter of the second century.

XXXIII.

The Real Presenc^ of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament



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can be hermeneutically and exegetically proved from the words

of promise recorded in the sixth chapter of St. John’s Gospel.

XXXIV.

It is probable from I. Cor. v. 9— e^pa^v/ra vixlv 'h r
iinaToXy^ and from other allusions in the extant writings of

St. Pani that he wrote other epistles now lost.

XXXV.

St. Pauhs Epistle to the Romans, while having many par-

entheses, digressions and anacoloutha, is characterized by won-

derfiil profundity of thought, and by a well-defined and well-

snstained plan.

XXXVI.

The expression in Gal. L, 8.— 7rap’ o evTjyjeXLadfieda,
does not imply that St. Paul had preached a complete body of

Christian doctrine and morality to the neophyte Galatians.

XXXVII.

It is probable that the Epistle to the Ephesians is a circular

letter addressed by Saint Paul to the Churches of Proconsular

Asia, including the Church of Ephesus.

XXXVIII.

Medium et organum authenticum conservationis et pro-

pagationis revelationis Christianae est ministerium a .Christo

institutum, ideoque Scriptura Sacra non est unicum' medium.

XXXIX.

Admirabilis Religionis Christianae propagatio in omnibus

suis adjunctis spectata ineluctabile praebet suae divinae origi-

nis argumentum.

XL.

“Ecclesia ad salutem obtinendam ita necessaria est, ut qui

extra eam propria constituti culpa ex hac vita decedunt salutem

obtinere nequeant.” (
i

)

(1) Hurter, Compend. Theol. Dogm^ vol. 1. Thesis XLII,



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XLL

Ecclesiae juribus ac competentiae minime officit sententia

quae jurisdictionem in rem matrimonialem infidelium potestati

civili vindicat.

XLIL

The Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals were not drawn up by the

Popes at Rome to advance their claim to universal jurisdiction,

but most probably by a provincial bishop, or some one acting

under his orders in France, to settle ecclesiastical troubles in

that country.

XLIIL

Lay investiture, as practiced during the midclle ages, is ir-

reconcilable with the Primacy of the Ploly See, and .the stand

taken by Popes and Councils did not in any way derogate from

the rights of civil rulers and lay lords.

XLIV.

St. Gregory VII. was “one of the few meii }vho moulded

the history of his own and subsequent times.” (
i

)

XLV.

The authenticity of the Bull Xaudibiliter’ of Adrian IV.

concerning the donation of the kingdom of Ireland to Henry

II. of England is attested by trustworthy authorities.

XLVI.

When the writings of Aristotle were first introduced into

Eatin Christendom by the Mohammedans of Spain and Sicily,

they were received by the orthodox with general disfavor, but

when the accurate -Greek versions were imported into the West
by the Crusaders, there eiisued an age of most extraordinary

intellectual activity in the fields of speculative and mystical

theology.

XLVII.

The residence of the Popes at Avignon prepared the way

for and was the cause of the Great Western Schism.

(1) Trench. Lectures on Medieval Church History, p. 118.



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XLVIIL

Althoiio-h the capture of Constantinople (1453) by Mo-

hammed II., and the opposition of the Patriarchs of Alex-

andria, Antioch and Jerusalem proved fatal to the union of the

East and West, the Council of Florence was not a failure.

XLIX.

''Exahien seu concursus ad missiones inamovibilitatis

privilegio gaudentes institui debet coram Episcopo vel ejus

Vicario Generali a tribus saltem diocesanis examinatoribus loco

Synodalium vel pro synodalium constitutis cjuos Episcopus

designavit.” (2)

E.

Inter praecipua parochorum officia recensendum est illud

cjuo ad formalem in suis ecclesiis residentiam obligantur.

(2) Cone. Plenarii Baltm. Tertii, Gap. VI.

Vidit Sacra Pacidtas,

Edmundus T. Shanahan, S. T. D., p. t. Decanus.

JoANNES T. Crbagh, J. C. D., p. t. a Secretis.

Vidit Rector Universitatis,

THOMAS
J. CONATY, S. T. D.





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