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 proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.
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The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
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Even as in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in hell there will be the most perfect hate.
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To love God is something greater than to know Him.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
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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.
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The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost...Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time.