Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who comprehends or has obtained possession, as of knowledge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.
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- noun obsolete One who
comprehends ; one who has attained a full knowledge.
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Examples
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Nevertheless it may be said that although Christ had full and unveiled knowledge as regards the intellective part, yet in the imaginative part He had certain similitudes, in which Divine things could be viewed, inasmuch as He was not only a "comprehensor," but a
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Now Christ before His passion touched our state, inasmuch as He was not merely a "comprehensor," but a "wayfarer."
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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"comprehensor" meant man made perfect, having attained to his heavenly country.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The nature of it was not changed when he ceased to be viator, but is only brought into a more glorious exercise now he is comprehensor.
Christologia 1616-1683 1965
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On the first point: although Christ was a comprehensor, and therefore blessed in the enjoyment of God, he was nevertheless a wayfarer in respect of the passibility of nature, while subject to nature.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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Christ was the perfect comprehensor from the moment of his conception, and he had hope, since it is said in his person in Ps. 31: 1: "In thee, O Lord, have I hoped," as the gloss expounds it.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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But because Christ was both wayfarer and comprehensor, He did not need to be instructed by angels, as regards knowledge of Divine things.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Obj. 3: Further, the state of the wayfarer seems to be proportioned to the state of the comprehensor.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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And this must be said of the soul of Christ, which had fully the capabilities of a comprehensor.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Therefore Christ was not a wayfarer but a comprehensor.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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