Pobożność jako cnota relacyjna wg św. Tomasza z Akwinu
Devotion as Relational Virtue According to St. Thomas Aquinas

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse devotion in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, where it is treated as a virtue and a gift of the Holy Spirit. First, the understanding of devotion as a relational moral virtue, being for Aquinas a willing attitude of human will to the service of God, will be presented. The significance of this virtue can be found when juxtaposed with another virtue that is part of justice, namely piety, which gives due honor to parents and the country. This reference to pietas becomes meaningful when the gift of piety is considered as a new level of man’s relationship with God,who is the Father of all people. Finally, the relationship between the gift of piety and the blessing of the meek will be shown, that is the meekness (mansuetudo), which is the proper attitude towards anger. This Aquinas interprets not as weakness, but as the strength of a man, shaping his choices not under the pressure of feelings, but in freedom.

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