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

Under each kind of pleasures, we find some that are not natural speaking absolutely, and yet connatural in some respect.

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

How connatural this strange, unreasoning, reckless courage was with their regenerate state is shown most signally in St. Paul, as having been a convert of later vocation.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry

I answer that, The species whereby the angels understand are not drawn from things, but are connatural to them.

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

Thus it is plain that it is the connatural mode of the human soul to receive knowledge as a habit.

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