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- noun Plural form of
comprehensor .
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Reply Obj. 3: Angels, being "comprehensors," are above prophets, who are merely "wayfarers"; but not above Christ, Who was both a
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Obj. 3: Further, the Saints, whose souls are in heaven and whose bodies are in the tomb, enjoy beatitude in their souls, although their bodies are subject to death, yet they are called not wayfarers, but only comprehensors.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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And therefore He is the Head not merely of the faithful, but of comprehensors, as having grace and glory most fully.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Objection 1: It would seem that in Christ there was not the knowledge of the blessed or comprehensors.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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But the Saints who are comprehensors in heaven will only what God wills, otherwise they would not be happy, because they would not obtain whatever they will, for "blessed is he who has what he wills, and wills nothing amiss," as Augustine says (De Trin. xiii, 5).
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Obj. 3: Further, the knowledge in Christ's soul was like that of comprehensors, who are likened to the angels, according to Matt.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Therefore even comprehensors and the blessed can be called prophets.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Wherefore it is manifest that in the first instant of His conception Christ received not only as much grace as comprehensors have, but also greater than that which they all have.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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But comprehensors do not merit: because the charity of the comprehensor belongs to the reward of beatitude, since fruition depends upon it.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Reply Obj. 2: The Church, on earth, is the congregation of the faithful; but, in heaven, it is the congregation of comprehensors.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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