“We can see straightaway how divine law differs from what we call natural law. St Thomas Aquinas tells us that natural law depends upon “the light of natural reason, by which we discern what is good and what is evil”. For example, by the light of natural reason, we know that we should honour our parents and that we should be loyal to our friends. Natural reason, of course, is itself a gift of God, just as our arms and legs are a gift from God. But natural reason is not revelation; it is just a part of human nature as God originally made it — just as our arms and legs are a part of human nature. Revelation means something that comes to us from God once we have already been constituted as human beings — with arms, legs, natural reason and everything else that goes with being human. Revelation is something additional to human nature; and when God reveals what He wants us to do, we call that divine law.”
How divine law differs from natural law – Voice of the Family
How divine law differs from natural law – Voice of the Family
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