The fundamental characteristic of the modern era is the “turn towards the subject.” This is both the fundamental error of modern thought and the potential for growth that God ordained in his wisdom.
While the Medieval synthesis of Aquinas and others was not in error nor was it imperfect in the truths it contained, it was incomplete insofar as it had to develop to fit the needs of advancing society.
In his providence, God has allowed these new heresies of modernism and postmodernism so that the integration of the deposit of faith could be deepened in the lives of his saints. God is always in charge and nothing happens without his active and permissive will. It is precisely within this context that we must recognize that it is by means of heresy that God challenges and teaches his faithful.