Forming Conscience in a Contemporary World: Aquinas’s Teaching on the Gifts of Wisdom and Counsel
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Thomas Aquinas's teaching on virtue, which includes reference to conscience, offers a rich and solid moral teaching for the twenty-first century.Integral to this teaching on Christian virtue are the gifts of the Holy Spirit.The gifts of counsel (paired with prudence) and wisdom (paired with charity) are particularly relevant for formation of conscience.These gifts provide a docility to the instinctum divinum necessary for proper formation of one's own conscience, particularly in the context of contemporary dialogue with the Church and the world.
Source: Philippiniana Sacra
Author: Catherine-Joseph Droste
Institution: Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4396847992