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Johannes, earlier I invoked St. Augustine, this time I will invoke St. Thomas Aquinas. He observes that even God cannot violate the fundamental axioms of logic, most prominently the law of non- contradiction, because they are not apart from Being, but are merely abstractions from Being, and therefore are intrinsic to God's essence. Therefore, there is always, in creation, an admixture of what is grounded in Being (God), and what is arbitrary. The Natural Law, which derives from the ordination of creation, is, in part, arbitrary, since there were various possible orders of creation. However, it is in part grounded in the nature of God, and therefore is not arbitrary in its underlying premises. Further, the Natural Law sets a standard by which to judge human actions. Finally, having been given notions of Justice and Goodness by God, it would be slanderous to say that he is not Himself Just and Good, even whole acknowledging that He supercedes all categories.... |
