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CHAPTER IV: THOMISM: A THEOLOGY OF DEATH FOR THOSE LABELED “HERETICS” OR “ENEMIES” BY ROME “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother...Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew [murdered] his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in [spiritual] death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” – the apostle John (1 John 3:10-15 KJV) Next, we will consider the TEACHINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOWN AS “THOMISM” WHICH HAVE FOR CENTURIES INCITED PERSECUTIONS AND MURDERS DIRECTED TOWARD THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE HER FALSE DOCTRINES. The following excerpts are from: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SUMMA THEOLOGICA COMPLETE ENGLISH EDITION IN FIVE VOLUMES, VOLUME THREE IIa IIae 1-148, Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province, (New York, NY, Benziger Bros.), 1948, pp. 1218-1224 *It must be noted that Thomas Aquinas, a thirteenth century Roman Catholic Dominican priest, is considered by the Roman Catholic church to be its greatest theologian and philosopher. In Roman Catholicism his writings are very influential. For centuries, he has been praised by the popes, and is regarded as the master and patron of Catholic schools. In Roman Catholicism, Thomas Aquinas is regarded as the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. Let us examine closely what Roman Catholic priests and lay people have been taught for centuries: “QUESTION 11 Of Heresy (In Four Articles)...(3) Whether heretics should be tolerated?...THIRD ARTICLE Whether Heretics Ought to Be Tolerated?...On the contrary, The Apostle says (Tit. Iii, 10, 11): A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid: knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted. I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side, the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even be put to death. On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but after the first and second admonition, as
