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
powerful grieving saint
As the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods.
powerful men aggravation
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
powerful philosopher moral
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
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.
positive powerful men
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
powerful reality mind
Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
powerful existence known
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
peace powerful war
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
powerful scary reason
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.
powerful catholic church
The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.
powerful suffering saint
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
art powerful knowledge-of-god
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.
powerful people liberty
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.