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COMMANDED ACT
In the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, an action of some human faculty or power, directed by the free will to do or not to do what the will orders should be done or not done.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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