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
kindness men errors
The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.
eternity lacking whole
Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.
faith blessed inspiration
The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
catholic matter dogma
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
evidence
For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
men order contemplative-life
For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.
judging christ confession
The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead.
wisdom culture said
Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said.
law community care
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
love love-is
To love is to will the good of the other.
law ability command
Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
philosophy men perfect
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.
wise wisdom powerful
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
art work lying
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.