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

Now a thing is indebted in a special way to that which is its connatural principle of being and government.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And hence to use comparison and discursion is connatural to the souls of the blessed, but not to angels.

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

Another principle is man's habitual inclination to do good, by reason of which doing good becomes connatural to him: for which reason the liberal man takes pleasure in giving to others.

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

"The Truths of God are connatural to the soul of man, and the soul of man makes no more resistance to them than the air does to light."

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew