You're worried the church will be irrelevant in the conversation about NHI because it's too dismissive; I'm worried the church will be irrelevant in the conversation because they'll be too eager to follow the mainstream narrative, and leave discernment behind. I think you should add that as a potential failure mode.
I know you mean well. That treatment of Aquinas is EXTREMELY reductive and baffling. Have you not read the Summa's First Part, Q. 47, Art. 3, where he addresses this question in-depth?
You're worried the church will be irrelevant in the conversation about NHI because it's too dismissive; I'm worried the church will be irrelevant in the conversation because they'll be too eager to follow the mainstream narrative, and leave discernment behind. I think you should add that as a potential failure mode.
That’s a great point
I know you mean well. That treatment of Aquinas is EXTREMELY reductive and baffling. Have you not read the Summa's First Part, Q. 47, Art. 3, where he addresses this question in-depth?
No, I’m going off Davison’s interpretation of Aquinas here, so, looks like I need to revise!
Ok, I *think* I’ve presented Aquinas better now.