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
support use needs
It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need
grace divine divine-nature
Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.
father son blessing
To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might and endless majesty.
sheep two suffering
If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth.
men giving baptism
Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give salvation to a man whose will ... expels the form of faith.
faith inspiration men
The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.
charity
Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
philosophy men may
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
order desire needs
We set forth our petitions before God, not in order to make known to Him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is necessary to turn to God for help.
men joy
No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.
grace doe
Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.
stars powerful war
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
patience perfection done
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
wise men relax
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.