Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul.

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.