od is man's life of happiness: of Whom it is written: 'Happy is that people whose God is the Lord' ( Ps. 143:15 )." I answer that, It is impossible for any created good to constitute man's happiness. For happiness is the perfect good, which lulls the appetite altogether; else it…

ature does not fail altogether. Now many say that Happiness can be had in this life, as appears from Ps. 143:15 : "They have called the people happy that hath these things," to wit, the good things in this life. Therefore one can be happy in this life. On the contrary, It is writ…

abat in ecclesiis. Beatum dixerunt populum, cui haec sunt: beatus populus cujus Dominus Deus ejus (Psal. CXLIII, 15) . Omnes enim in pulchritudine pacis quiescebant, in agnitione veritatis gaudebant, in sanctitate Christianae religionis laetabantur. XIX. Postquam vero pius pr…