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
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.
soul counterfeit
Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life.
soul known
The soul is known by it's acts.
believe men soul
Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.
soul taught ransom
I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…
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.
soul body firsts
The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.
soul virtue
The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
seductive soul grace
The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
men heaven soul
He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.
beautiful soul obsolete
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.
soul thirst
There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
god soul world
The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.
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.