CCXXV. Corollary XXI — Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order
COROLLARY XXI.
Another endowment follows the universal amplitude of the restored order, which we may not unsuitably call its force and efficacy. This is contained in the idea and notion of restoration itself; this is the necessary fruit of love; this cannot be torn away from mercy; and the Catholic Fathers with one mind and one mouth ascribe this to the restored order1. For suppose that you question them, either all and conjointly or individually and separately, as to what kind of thing the restored order must be judged: whether sterile and unfruitful, or on the contrary fruitful and active. From all alike and from each you will hear—
—that a sterile and unfruitful restoration cannot even be conceived in the mind; that torpid love is not love; that mercy bursts forth by its native weight into manifold effects; and that the state of restoration is therefore fruitful and active.
Carlo Passaglia, “CCXXV. Corollary XXI,” in Theological Commentaries, Part III: On the Division of the Divine Will into First and Second, and on the Universal Extent of the Restored Order,
English translation, Mind of the Church,
https://mindofthechurch.com/works/passaglia-commentaries-3/228-ccxxv-corollary-xxi/.
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