Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is…

Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done.

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Tria sunt homini necessaria ad salutem: scilicit scientia credendorum, scientia desiderandorum, et scientia operandorum.

St. Thomas Aquinas

1273

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St. Thomas Aquinas. Collationes in decem praeceptes [Sermons on the Ten Commandments]. c. 1273, prologue.

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