Aquinas and original sin

[DetectiveNiko]

Someone here was asking questions about original sin and in doing research I have come across an essay which says Aquinas believed people were evil in nature before original sin, because they couldn’t commit the sin if they didnt have a will to do it. Its hard to explain so I will just link the resources :
http://www.memoryhole.net/~chris/research/original_sin.html
If so how can we reconcile that with the definition of a good God ? Did I get something wrong here, did Aquinas get something wrong here or is it something else ?

 

[Cruciferi]

Man and woman were created free of sin and had complete control over their desires and bodies. They freely chose to sin! It was a test of obedience and trust. We inherit Original Sin upon conception. However it’s actually an inherited condition. As we didn’t participate in the initial sin. As a result we’re very weak and predisposed towards sinning. This is exasperated by the temptations of the Devil in addition the desires of the body.

 

[STT]

Someone here was asking questions about original sin and in doing research I have come across an essay which says Aquinas believed people were evil in nature before original sin, because they couldn’t commit the sin if they didnt have a will to do it. Its hard to explain so I will just link the resources :

http://www.memoryhole.net/~chris/research/original_sin.html

If so how can we reconcile that with the definition of a good God ? Did I get something wrong here, did Aquinas get something wrong here or is it something else ?

You cannot get ride of the problem of evil assuming that God is good.

 

[BlackFriar]

Without reading the article I believe you are mistaken.
That was the view of Augustine, Aquinas spent a lot of time disagreeing.

 

[Ghosty1981]

I read the article and I’m not seeing where it claims that Aquinas believed this. Do you have a particular portion in mind?