The answer to this question can only be satisfactorily answered by the following theological principles enunciated by Rev. Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange in the first chapter of his work,
The Love of God and the Cross of Jesus (trans. Sister Jeanne Marie, O. P.; Vol. 1.; St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1951).
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