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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The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
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Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.
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Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
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Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.
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Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.
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Grace is a certain beginning of glory in us.
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Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.
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Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.
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Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
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O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
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To restore man, who had been laid low by sin, to the heights of divine glory, the Word of the eternal Father, though containing all things within His immensity, willed to become small. This He did not by putting aside His greatness but by taking to Himself our littleness.
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Theology is taught by God, teaches God, and leads to God.
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We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.
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To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.