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
perfect agents causes
The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
angel self perfect
There is, therefore, a more perfect intellectual life in the angels. In them the intellect does not proceed to self-knowledge from anything exterior, but knows itself through itself....
servant-of-god perfect soul
The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.
perfect charity neighbor
Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
powerful passion perfection
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
sex powerful perfect
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.
men perfection contemplation
It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.
perfection divine-power divine
So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
perfect vision blessedness
Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.
perfect grades ifs
There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being.
patience perfection done
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
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.
men perfection mind
The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.
inspirational-life hate perfect
Even as in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in hell there will be the most perfect hate.