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
usury doing-nothing becoming
"The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were compelled to worked so that they could earn their living instead of doing nothing but becoming avaricious."
science scientific-method principles
For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary to proceed in an analytical manner by breaking down the complex into elementary principles.
beauty christian radiance
Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.
order tasks preacher
To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer.
evil use action
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
pain fire hell
The same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds the greatest in this life.
shining contemplation contemplating
Better to illuminate, than merely to shine.
sin mortal-sin ends
Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .
passion sacrifice reality
[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol....Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.
taught teach theology
Theology is taught by God, teaches God, and leads to God.
science ignorant ends
It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.
people causes
It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
violence doe lord
He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.
evil benefits world
God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.