Do you need to have a Thomistic view of God to be Catholic?

of course you don't need to be a strict scholastic or palamite to be catholic but a interesting exercise in reconcilling both nevertheless:
arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas.htm

No. Thomist is just a view.
There are lots of other views like the sccotist, mollinist etc.

The 5 proofs just show its possible to prove rationally that God exists.
The rest comes later once one accepts this logical conclusion. Namely why God decided to create the world? He wasn't forced to or needed because that would contradict the very nature of God, so He did it out of an act of his will, and since God is Good itself than he created the world out of Love. And then we could go on and then explain why we should accept the scriptures and everything else comes along.

Never heard of it.
It must be about absolute simplicity. There are tons of stuff about that.

These are totally retarded
the 5 proofs aren't meant to prove the Trinity, we can't know that by reason alone, St. Thomas says this. This is like the idea of thomism someone gets from watching short youtube videos or reading a summary by an athiest.

You can't get faith by reason either, this is also thomism, it's an infused theological virtue.
Jay dyer is totally ignorant and by listening to him you seem to be catching it.

Video I linked goes over what the thomism understanding of faith is.

Sorry but you are too ignorant to judge how fairly complex philosophical schools are, Thomism is true and has been affirmed by many Popes but you can in a way be Catholic and not be a thomist, just probably not a very good one.

Stop reading e celebs and if you want to understand theology read plato, aristotle, plotinus, the Church Fathers, and the Doctors of the Church. (yes it isn't easy, that's why the Church used to require approval for anyone speaking publicly about theology)

Check out Thomistic Institute if you want some great audio based explanations of things from the thomistic perspective though
thomisticinstitute.org/tracks

soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/sets/fr-thomas-joseph-white-op
This series is a good general introduction to metaphysics

Energy/essence is as old as Protestantism and was only rejected because of everyone against it was "too latin"
It was literally invented by some rich kid in the 1400s

Good talk on the thomistic view of the trinity which might be relevant

Why do new Christians always seem to try to delve into either esoteric principles or focus on philosophical minutia? You do realize that you need to learn how to add and subtract before you dive into calculus, right? Learn the basics first. You have an entire lifetime to worry about the deeper stuff.

Not 100% all the times, but it's the system that can explain things the best.
I really like the thomist explanation on the Trinity.

Take note OP, that this is the sect you're considering joining. One that's already judging and scolding you for merely expressing interest and clarification.

Nevermind all these convoluted issues about divine simplicity vs energies/essences, it's the fruits of the doctrine of original sin in the West that you see being played out in this thread that you should be concerned about. May the Lord guide you to the truth my brother.

Oh come on stop the crying.
Was the other user wrong pointing out that Jay Dyer doesn't know what thomist is?
Except the church never said that. Nor it can since there are other points of view that are in harmony with the faith.
What is the orthodox problem with philosophy? Are you guys against knowledge or something? What the hell? How do you guys expect to refute heretics if you don't study philosophy.
Most heresies in the early Church couldn't be attacked if the Fathers didn't know Platonism which was the basis of many heresies.
We couldn't try to convert Muslims if we didn't understand Aristoteles or his way of thinking.
Besides those philosophies can be adapted to Christianity and thus having a solid rational basis to defend Christianity against our enemies.

Zig Forums is representative of nerds who think Jay Dyer and Most Meme Monastery are the epitome of theological discourse and The Young Pope is a based trad cath show. I would be careful about taking to heart anything anyone says here, unless it is said in a spirit of charity (and I'm myself guilty of being uncharitable and angry here).

Aren't thus guys sedevacantists? Why should any Catholic listen to them?
I've heard of this series. Is it good or is it just American trash with heresies?

They get a pass when they argue against Protestants and Orthodox.

I don't watch TV series but AFAIK it's alright (I've seen both pious Christians and antitheists think it is great), but the extreme strictness of the protagonist is not supposed to be an exemple to follow. But again I haven't watched the show so I'm not going to die on a hill attacking or defending it.

If you can get past the sodomite scenes it is a pretty decent show about the church up there with Borgia IMO

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Observe OP, even more vitriol for those who merely hold up a mirror.

I never said it did. Re-read what the user I quoted wrote. That's what I was highlighting.

We don't have a problem with philosophy for it's own sake, we have a problem with overly relying on it for the proposes of attempting to gain divine wisdom. The truth revealed to us by Jesus and the holy spirit should take priority over the limited faculties of man alone, and we should respect those things which were left as divine mysteries. That is all. Do not misrepresent our position as some heretical distaste for the divine gift of human reason.

S-sodomite scenes?

No one is trying to get divine wisdom.
There are things which can be proved simply by the human reason like the existance of God, and others that can't be, like the Trinity. Only the faith can prove it.
Nevertheless every teaching of the church is supported by the Bible and Tradition.
Every other thing is pure personal opinion or speculation. One famous example is the limbo of infants where it is supposed unbaptised babies go when they die. We can't find support for it on tradition and the Bible, so it is just an opinion and no one is forced to believe it at all and in the last few years theologians have been rejecting it. So in this case your opinion is as good as mine, provided it isn't heretical.
The only error I can find in that user sentence is that thomism is true, since there are issues with it that even people who like thomism disagree. It's a very good philosophical view but not 100% true. It is true that it's mainstream on the Church since the Dominicans played a great role in Catholic theology but we also have the school of the jesuits (the non gay ones) and several others. And the user explicitly says one can be a Catholic without being a thomist which would be incompatible if what you said was true. The user is probably a real thomist though. One can be a good Catholic without even knowing shit about any of the church philosophical schools or that they even exist.

The irony is impeccable.

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Jay dyer is clearly a psy-op. He even admitted to being groomed by a known CIA school in california. He's basically the Alex Jones of Christianity, just be Catholic, the answer is so obvious. You really think Jesus cares more about some autistic philosophy about energies and shit than about unity? It's "become as little children," not "become as prideful fedora-tippers."

ironic that you would post that

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Dyer gets like 5k views per video. 20k if he's lucky. If he's a psyop, it's pretty sad. Alex Jones is blacklisted by the planet and probably still has millions of fans. And his statement on Cali schools is that they are ALL comped. Not that he is comped. I think Christ breaks us from this mindcontrol - and Jay Dyer is no exception. He's a misleading on some things, but I think people should at least give him the credit that he's a Christian. He's never branded himself as anything more than an educated layman.

Yeah I think he’s just a decent guy who fell for the orthodoxy meme.
It’s fun to be edgy and contrarian, and in the West, being orthodox is synonymous with that. However, that being said, being Catholic is more counter cultural now than ever, not to mention the fact of it being true, so idk. It would take a lot of humility and self-denial for him to admit he’s wrong and convert publicly. I’m sure his following doesn’t mean nothing to him.

He's already converted twice before, and was catholic for a long time before finally finding the one true church, so I doubt that would stop him if he really wanted to.

you're asking too much from this board user, being anything other than catholic means you're sentenced to eternal hell fire around here.

Fixed.
They tried to change the outcome of the Vatican II as well as the American Jewish comitee with their pawn Malachi Martin.

Also, on a related note, look up MKOFTEN.
Not to mention the bombing of Nagasaki, of all places in Japan.

Jay Dyer does have a Thomistic view of God, he never prays or talks about spiritual health.