Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P., was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, where his family held land until 1137...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTheologian
CountryItaly
perfect grades ifs
There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.
men heaven soul
He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.
light discovery order
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession.... Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood--namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of judgment, returns by analysis to first principles, in the light of which it examines what it has found. Now it is clear that rest and movement are not to be referred to different powers, but to one and the same.
love relationship self
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
dying taught hunger
He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
song voice dwelling
A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
powerful catholic church
The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.
children pride errors
Behold our refutation of the error. It is not based on documents of faith, but on the reasons and statements of the philosophers themselves. If then anyone there be who, boastfully taking pride in his supposed wisdom, wishes to challenge what we have written, let him not do it in some corner nor before children who are powerless to decide on such difficult matters. Let him reply openly if he dare. He shall find me there confronting him, and not only my negligible self, but many another whose study is truth.
practice contemplative-life contemplation
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet.
philosophical
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
way charity sin
It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
powerful suffering saint
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
life freedom inspire
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
believe may saint
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.