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
fear men despair
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.
men giving devotion
Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.
evil catholic purity-and-love
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
failing christ humans
Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.
powerful ethos catholic
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
love fear philosophy
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
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.