is the ability to reason and understand things
Intellect
freedom of action and moral responsibility
Free will
is a rational being, born free, unique, a social being, and sexual in nature.
Human Being
means taking an action with no outside influence or control yet bound to God’s sovereignty.
Free Will
in as much as it knows what is so.
Speculative
in as much as it knows what to do.
Practical
It is also the innermost aspect of man in which there is the greatest value in him
Soul
To have dominion over all God’s creation
Purpose of Intellect and Free Will
allows us to properly order things according to the wisdom and knowledge of God.
Intellect
Christian Moral Life/Standard
Limitation of Intellect and Free Will
“beatitude”
Fullness of life, a life of happiness in communion with God
Who quoted that the Human person has two substance
St. Thomas Aquinas
He has the final authority in everything
God's Sovereignty
An example given earlier about "free choice"
Painting of Adam and God
What book from the Bible is "The body is the temple of the Holy Spirit... whom you gave received from God"
1st Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians