Angels and Demons (Aquinas 101)
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âTo pretend they [Angels] do not exist because we do not see them is like pretending that we never sleep because we have never caught ourselves asleep.â -Fr. Walter Farrell, O.P.
The Catholic church firmly teaches the existence of angels, both good and bad ones. It is based on faith in divine revelation, but God has revealed to us the reality of angels and demons. And by doing so, He is telling us something intelligible and wonderful. So, we want to understand the angels as much as possible, in order to understand the ways of God and the ways of the spiritual life.
Angels and Demons (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent, O.P.
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This is truly and impressively clear and direct way to understand the faith. Thank God for St. Thomas and for all of you too that make this possible through your intellectual effort and hard work.
I canât fully state how incredibly interesting all this is, I love theology.
this is propaganda
louder would be nice, i had to turn my volume up quite a bit.
From actual personal work with plenty of angels,demons and other spirits the truth is more complex than simple childish good vs bad guy ... demons can be helpful not only in material concerns but in spiritual evolution as some were taken from older religions . The whole underground myth of reclaiming parts of ones soul, a profound shadow working myth common in older religions ,crucial part of heroes journey from joseph cambel.Lucifer translated as lightbringer is one most important forces for our evolution , enlightenment and illuminating the dark labryths of underground aka unconscious. Thats lucifers function a deity taken from greek patheon, sadly malicious forces confuse it with satan.
Representing angels and demons by abstract shapes seems like a very good way of depicting them; a useful reminder that they are utterly unworldly, and vastly unlike anything perceptible to the senses.
Amazing: higher Angels serve the lower ones.
Homeworks Like God intended
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Amen!
Custody of the mind.
I canât understand people who deny the existence of Satan. I am tempted by him on a daily basis . The devil is behind terrorism, drugs, pornography, violence, bad thoughts and moral relativism. But Jesus defeated death and sin. We have nothing to fear if we pray and receive sacraments frequently. The demons run away from Saint Michael, our Lady, blessed water or a cross. And our Gardian Angel is always there to guide us. Ăngels are seeing God constantly while they take care of us
It is because most people are "of this world". They are materialists who can see nothing beyond physical reality.
From actual personal work with plenty of angels,demons and other spirits the truth is more complex than simple childish good vs bad guy ... demons can be helpful not only in material concerns but in spiritual evolution as some were taken from older religions . The whole underground myth of reclaiming parts of ones soul, a profound shadow working myth common in older religions ,crucial part of heroes journey from joseph cambel.Lucifer translated as lightbringer is one most important forces for our evolution , enlightenment and illuminating the dark labryths of underground aka unconscious. Thats lucifers function a deity taken from greek patheon, sadly malicious forces confuse it with satan.
These videos are excellent! Clearly, Thomas Aquinas is one of the greatest geniuses the world has ever seen, a gift of God to lesser humans like myself. It is a tragedy that the Aquinas treasure is hidden from so many, not only in the world, but also in the Church. Thank you, Dominicans, for making this treasure available online>
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But for many people St Tomas said a lot of nonsense. I came to the conclusion that if St Tomas cannot convert a atheist how could I? But still pray for them. St Tomas was very intelligent and also so pure. I admire his purity and intelligence.
Because u dont know ur true nature so you perceive yourself as a worthless meat suit. Know thyself
â@@mariacortez5931đ·đșâŠïžđ€âïžThis is where we disagree with you St. Thomas... Absolutely not! Angels are subtle bodies - dreamed from light (as opposed to ours from earth), and that is why they can be everywhere including beyond time by the will of God who sanctified them as well to be in his presence, but other than that, their nature is LOWER than on man. They have no personhood (weren't created in the image of God), no morals other than God's commands (no knowledge of good and evil as man who ate from the tree), have subtle firey forms which are different depends on their rank, which is a hybrid of human and animal forms (as taught to us by the holy Tertullianus), hence their knowledge (other than that which is given to them specifically by God in order to be messengers to humans - angel means messenger and is not necessarily the angelic beings you refer to) is an instinctive animal-like knowledge, and not the transcendent one like with us, since in our souls we are endowed with the spark of the divine essence, by the breath of the Father in the Holy Spirit, and that is why Angels behave like little children and animals with immoral instinctive passions, and thus some are able to sin and fall like the fallen angels by ACCIDENT not consciously, as Satan the Cheruv did by being consumed with jealousy towards Man, because he was made (despite having a lesser material body) on a higher level of existence than Angels, and wanted his place, and so he gathered weak susceptible Seraphs and deceived them into sin by seducing them with the daughters of Man, and so by their instinctive animal passions of theirs, they fell into sin by accident, and once they did, there was no turning back, no door to repentance, as with men, since Angels, not created in the image of God, have no absolute free will, only animal wills which come from their nature, as opposed to man, which has a divine free will, and with it the ability to CREATE, so once they sin, their souls are contaminated forever. I would love it if you Thomists agree with me and our Church fathers on that, and not with the beloved Aquinasđ€·
I found it hilarious when you said, " They are not certainly babies flying around with wings." Haha. Thank you father for the information.
đ·đșâŠïžđ€âïžThis is where we disagree with you St. Thomas... Absolutely not! Angels are subtle bodies - dreamed from light (as opposed to ours from earth), and that is why they can be everywhere including beyond time by the will of God who sanctified them as well to be in his presence, but other than that, their nature is LOWER than on man. They have no personhood (weren't created in the image of God), no morals other than God's commands (no knowledge of good and evil as man who ate from the tree), have subtle firey forms which are different depends on their rank, which is a hybrid of human and animal forms (as taught to us by the holy Tertullianus), hence their knowledge (other than that which is given to them specifically by God in order to be messengers to humans - angel means messenger and is not necessarily the angelic beings you refer to) is an instinctive animal-like knowledge, and not the transcendent one like with us, since in our souls we are endowed with the spark of the divine essence, by the breath of the Father in the Holy Spirit, and that is why Angels behave like little children and animals with immoral instinctive passions, and thus some are able to sin and fall like the fallen angels by ACCIDENT not consciously, as Satan the Cheruv did by being consumed with jealousy towards Man, because he was made (despite having a lesser material body) on a higher level of existence than Angels, and wanted his place, and so he gathered weak susceptible Seraphs and deceived them into sin by seducing them with the daughters of Man, and so by their instinctive animal passions of theirs, they fell into sin by accident, and once they did, there was no turning back, no door to repentance, as with men, since Angels, not created in the image of God, have no absolute free will, only animal wills which come from their nature, as opposed to man, which has a divine free will, and with it the ability to CREATE, so once they sin, their souls are contaminated forever. I would love it if you Thomists agree with me and our Church fathers on that, and not with the beloved Aquinasđ€·
Father Brent, I appreciate the fact that in an 11-minute video on angels and demons, you only talk about the demons for less than 2 minutes. I remember a teacher/mentor telling me to focus on learning all I can about the good to help me know the evil.
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Work you guys doing completely reformed my understanding of metaphysics, even what I thought about God.
Delighted to hear! Thanks for the encouragement!
I enjoy these podcasts so much. Thank you for making them available.
I totally agree!
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I really enjoy your videos. If I may ask, if any of the priests is reading this, please pray for me and my family; really been needing prayers at the moment.
Thanks again for the wonderful material, the animations are also really good.
Praying!
prayer doesnt do anything
â@@mrwater5772 L take. I will pray for you brother. âŠïž
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I really appreciate the quality of the animations and the overall production of the videos. Thanks a lot and Keep it up!
Glad to hear! Thanks for the encouragement!
Having listened to the chant "Agni Parthene" when they sing "More Glorious than the Seraphim" as a part of the stanza, seeing that chart of the different Choirs of the Angelic Host, it really drives home just how incredible and revered the Church sees Mary to be.
đ·đșâŠïžđ€âïžThis is where we disagree with you St. Thomas... Absolutely not! Angels are subtle bodies - dreamed from light (as opposed to ours from earth), and that is why they can be everywhere including beyond time by the will of God who sanctified them as well to be in his presence, but other than that, their nature is LOWER than on man. They have no personhood (weren't created in the image of God), no morals other than God's commands (no knowledge of good and evil as man who ate from the tree), have subtle firey forms which are different depends on their rank, which is a hybrid of human and animal forms (as taught to us by the holy Tertullianus), hence their knowledge (other than that which is given to them specifically by God in order to be messengers to humans - angel means messenger and is not necessarily the angelic beings you refer to) is an instinctive animal-like knowledge, and not the transcendent one like with us, since in our souls we are endowed with the spark of the divine essence, by the breath of the Father in the Holy Spirit, and that is why Angels behave like little children and animals with immoral instinctive passions, and thus some are able to sin and fall like the fallen angels by ACCIDENT not consciously, as Satan the Cheruv did by being consumed with jealousy towards Man, because he was made (despite having a lesser material body) on a higher level of existence than Angels, and wanted his place, and so he gathered weak susceptible Seraphs and deceived them into sin by seducing them with the daughters of Man, and so by their instinctive animal passions of theirs, they fell into sin by accident, and once they did, there was no turning back, no door to repentance, as with men, since Angels, not created in the image of God, have no absolute free will, only animal wills which come from their nature, as opposed to man, which has a divine free will, and with it the ability to CREATE, so once they sin, their souls are contaminated forever. I would love it if you Thomists agree with me and our Church fathers on that, and not with the beloved Aquinasđ€·
When the Priest speak about angels being present at the mass he speaks of the presence of the saints in the same breath. "Together with the Angels and Saints let us pray". My question is how is the presence of the Saints at the Mass is to be understood. How it would be similar or different from that of the Angels.
The distinction that he draws in the video is instructive. One can be present in a place locally or by exercising influence there. The saints exercise influence insofar as they worship God and minister to men in peculiar fashion in the context of the sacred liturgy.
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An excellent summary of Angels and demons! Ave Maria!
really interesting video, Frs! People really seem to like discussing angels/demons in this culture, so more episodes on this topic would be warmly received! God bless.
Another due to drop on Monday afternoon!
Thank you so much for all of your work - I am slowly making my way through and it is having a huge impact on my spiritual growth as a new Catholic. God Bless you all.
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Thank you Rev Fr James Brent and Thanks Thomistic Institute. May God bless your mission.
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More and more people should watch these vides, so enriching. The more i watch and listen the more i appreciate St. Thomas Aquinas, what a wonderful gift he was for us!
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The Hierarchy of Angels has helped me so much in my spiritual journey.
I was looking for it.
Another amazing video by Father Brent! Thanks, Father!
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So awesome. Come let us reason together. Love these brothers
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Love vids which teach you more about the spiritual world
I love the interpretation of angels and demons in this video. They are basic but expressive.
How is it possible that such great videos exist? Thank you!
Simply brilliant - and a great gift to humanity...
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We're so happy to hear it! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, and may the Lord bless you!
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The holistic teaching was on another level. I sincerely hope they implement these kind of teaching here in Philippines.
Wonderful, wonderful teaching thank you Father, may our Lord bless and increase your wisdom!
Same to you!
Totally understand on a deeper level, we'll said.
All videos are very educational and a lot to take in I enjoyed the chart on our upper, mind and will, and lower part,body and etc, bot can't find it to review it. It appeared as a chart. Thank you. I feel more enlightened.
Thank you Fr.
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Good distinction between the different senses of location
Yes, super helpful and clarificatory!
wow! thank you so much for this, what a great video!
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great show!
Thank you so much for sharing your skills and talents with us. I can almost hear angels speaking the wonders of God through your generosity and sacrifice. May God bless us with heroic holiness and happiness, always.
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That was an important,informative video,with important truths delivered.Its surely good to know how evil ,the fallen angels are n not to be led into sin by them.
Thank you and may the Lord bless you and keep you!
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Awesome thank you!
So good!
This is my favorite video. Fr. James Brent is great at explaining things. Is he going to make more videos eventually?
Thank you.
Of course!
Very interesting touch to depict the angels/demons here as more abstract shapes rather than humanoid
Waooo this video was everything i was hoping for and confirmed my knowledge about Angels of Gd and angels of satan.
Thanks you Fr for this gift of knowledge. Jesus we trust in You always Amen
Thank you , Dominican.
I Love st.thomas Aquinas , I am reading the Summa theologica .
Your videos should prove invaluable help.
Glad to hear it. Happy reading!
I did never know hierarchy had two forms. Very interesting!
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For deeper connection with god you have to go beyond analycal mind and deep into stillness ,right brain hemisphere connection to heart,to feel and embody divine spirit within its another level compared to just a mental concept in ones head
â@@arete7884Aquinas would strongly agree there. We honor his books so much that we forget that Aquinas lived a life in deep meditation and prayer.
I'd say you cannot even hope to reach these mysteries without this: A complete theologian is both an academic and a mystic
@@alonsoACR Disagree on academic, divine doesnt care about human dogmas and ways of packaging it ,thats why theres some many religions ways of interpreting divine through lens of culture
@@arete7884 It's unnecessary, sure.
But it's good work. I wouldn't say the Divine hates it or doesn't care, why would we have so much theology in the Bible then? God wants us to understand Him "with all of our heart and all of our mind"
Great!
Cheers!
Best explanation of the multitude myriads heirrarchy in the form of love , wisdom , knowledge and power and justice
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Good video
Thats why in prayer and meditation we are silent we silence our mind! Cause the way of communication of the Angels who are pure spirits with intellect and will is through silence! I remember the saying in the corridor of a college Catholic School it says Speech is silver Silence is Golden! K
This video really enlightened my mind and perspective about the angelic realm.
Thanks for sharing!
Angels do smile though. Even clap and celebrate when we overcome temptations and such graceful occasions. Not the way we do in our bodies but they do. Also they can manifest as human beings or anything really when needed. St. Paul writes about this in his letter to the Hebrews (chapter 13).
They have a very significant role in carrying out Jesus's grace in our lives. It is a huge blessing to get to know our guardian angels. Also St. Michael, especially in times of fear and in these last times.
Very interesting đ§.
Understanding philosophy with a kind of psychology.
7:31 So, Uncle Ben of Spiderman was a Catholic Thomist who gave a very Thomistic idea to Peter.
Thank you for sharing all this knowledge and reflection! Is there a book with these lessons? I am deeply touched and interested and would love to have a book where I could read up and reference these complex subjects. Thank you in advance!
Please make another lecture like a part two using angel imagery of Caravaggio quality from Dominican church collections
I have the utmost respect for Father James but this video brings up an interesting problem related to the Old Testament: The Nephilim were created as a result of mating between angels and mortal women. Is there an explanation?
With great power comes great responsibility.
Most of your lectures are of deep and true knowledge. Considering the deepest knowledges from the last and final Holy scripture (Quran) will surely take your vast knowledges to the extreme.
3:10 "thinking it through" also know as making it up.
Thank you Fr for these clear explanations.
How do we encourage ourselves and our children to pray for angelic lights? How is this done? Sorry for my lack of understanding. PAX
Glad to be of service to you. You might want to look up the traditional Prayer to the Guardian Angel and other prayers to the holy angels out there on many faithful Catholic websites.
Angel = Angle of light of God
I think that Angels laugh.
God laughs.
Thank you
Want to sign up for this coarse.God Bless.
dude, this is cool
I see the angel as patterns of being, like when someone is angry, he can be possessed by that anger, or by the god of war in another perspective.
The same is true with a positive spirit or mindset. What make you believe there is an existential reality beyond a pattern in our minds.
Thank you for this teaching. It is literally a gift. I am a bit confused however, and I hope you can clarify something for me. If angels are the ones who give us inspiration to pray more during the mass and help man to be more intellectual Then what does the Holy Spirit do? I always understood it is the Holy Spirit who leads you into deep worship and personally I even feel He allows the transcending of Good ideas from God to man.
You're absolutely correct and the two sources are not in conflict. Sometimes the Holy Spirit does so directly, sometimes through the mediation of angels, sometimes through the prayers of the saints, sometimes through the inspiration of a beloved friend. God (the Holy Spirit) is not just one cause among causes. He is the universal cause operative in and through all particular causes.
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@@bestill7698 Of course!
I agree with this, the higher should help the low, because they are in need of help, just like the government in every nation, they should help there own people what they needed, developing there nation so there population will have better life and don't become oppressive. But the problem is some people don't do actions and instead they rely only.
And also I believe everyones deserves an opportunity in there life.
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They Would âseeâ and âhearâ via clairvoyance.
As far as passions go, we need to deal with long lasting myths/legends/stories like Genesis 6 (see LXX translation), jubilee,1Enoch, Jasper, etc. Perhaps the experience of these passions is retained after possession of human beings.
Also, if angels have PK capacity, they may be able to âmanifestâ physical bodies via pkâŠ
If good and bad angels exist and are locked in battle, then a casual glance around the planet will tell which side is currently winning.
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I thought we confess our sins to Christ and in Christ we are redeemed and made pure in the sight of God.
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Does St. Aquinas comment on how the angels interact with us in Scripture? You explained the influential manner, but would the manner in which St. Raphael guided Tobias was of the first kind? Given a capacity to be contained therein?
Hello, wonderful work and very clear video. I'm wondering however, since God is all-powerful, why does he allow demons to exist still? He could in a split second, if that, just make them cease to exist since those are guaranteed to never repent, right?
Where is the church? If not it, being people that work interdependently with each other. Doing the work together. In ways that are not harmful to each other, but producing the multiplication of love.