Origen challenges those who separate God’s justice from His goodness, proving that both meet in the same Lord who judges sin and redeems sinners. Augustine marvels at the eternal city of God, radiant with unchanging light, a house filled with glory where our wandering hearts find home. Aquinas then begins testing all the “usual suspects” of happiness — wealth, honor, fame, power, pleasure — and finds each one wanting, showing us that none of them can satisfy the human heart.

Readings:

Origen, De Principiis (Peri Archon), "On First Principles," Book 1, Chapter 5

Augustine, The Confessions, Book 11, Chapter 21 (Section 27)

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 2

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