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
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Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
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One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church ... We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
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The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.
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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
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The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.
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Faith is God's work within us.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.