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No longer slaves, but friends (cf. Jn 15,14)

How love sets free those who serve according to Saint Thomas Aquinas

Authors

  • Manuel Arrieta Seminario Mayor San José, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/26182858e107

Keywords:

love, Saint Thomas, service, freedom, Saint John

Abstract

Does the Christian demand to serve God and one's neighbor not imply a renunciation of one's own dignity? How can this servitude be reconciled with the inalienable demand for freedom that resides in the human heart created by God Himself? The work we present aims to show the response that Saint Thomas gives to these questions by commenting on John 15:13-15 in his Commentary on the Gospel of Saint John. To do this, after introducing some necessary clarifications to correctly understand the work in its original context and intention, it dedicates itself to studying the analysis that the Dominican makes of the mentioned gospel texts.

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Author Biography

  • Manuel Arrieta, Seminario Mayor San José, Argentina

    Sacerdote de la Arquidiócesis de La Plata. Párroco de san Juan Bautista. Doctor en Teología y Ciencias del matrimonio y la familia por el Pontificio Instituto San Juan Pablo II de Roma.

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2025-05-21

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Arrieta, M. (2025). No longer slaves, but friends (cf. Jn 15,14): How love sets free those who serve according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. Dios Y El Hombre, 9(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.24215/26182858e107