connatural

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The human nature of our Divine Lord has not its own connatural subsistence; this is supplied by the subsistence of the Divine Person.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Again, the individual corporeal substance can, absolutely speaking, exist without its connatural accident of external or local extension; this latter can, absolutely speaking, exist without its connatural substance;158 therefore these are absolutely and really distinct.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Since therefore everyone takes pleasure in a connatural operation, as stated in Ethic. vii, 14 and x, 4, it seems that doing good to others is not a cause of pleasure.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now the connatural mode of the human soul is that it should understand sometimes actually, and sometimes potentially.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

No real being is by nature inert or aimless; no real being is without its connatural faculties, forces and functions.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter