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
laughing sin conscious
I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.
sin mortal-sin ends
Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .
facts impossible sin
It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
men riches sin
It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.
religion atheism sin
Unbelief is the greatest of sins.
way charity sin
It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
long grace sin
Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
spiritual needs sin
Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.
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.
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.
goes-on straws written
I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.