re to love God than to know Him, since "he who is joined" to God by love, is "one spirit with Him" ( 1 Cor. 6:17 ). But man cannot know God immediately. Therefore much less can he love Him immediately. Objection 3: Further, man is severed from God by sin, according to Is. 59:2 :…

hy or connaturality for Divine things is the result of charity, which unites us to God, according to 1 Cor. 6:17 : "He who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit." Consequently wisdom which is a gift, has its cause in the will, which cause is charity, but it has its essence in the…

as the members of our body are Christ's members, so too, our spirit is one with Christ, according to 1 Cor. 6:17, "He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit." Wherefore also spiritual sins are more against Christ than fornication is. Whether there can be mortal sin in touches an…