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
american-comedian care certain common ordinance reason
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.
faith men reason
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.
would-be reason natural
It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason
god reason command
To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.
art reason art-is
Art is right reason in the doing of work.
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.
philosophical demand reason
Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
christian reason capacity
The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the capacity of reason.
men catholic reason
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
reason ends
God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.
passion soul would-be
Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.
jesus kings spring
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory, Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our Immortal King, Destined, for the world's redemption, From a noble Womb to spring.
love moving circles
Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.
men grace existence
Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.