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
jesus sacrifice celebration
The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.
powerful catholic saint
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
love love-is
To love is to will the good of the other.
desire wonder
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
fighting numbers errors
The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.
writing past people
One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church ... We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.
soul thirst
There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
wise wisdom powerful
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
law ability command
Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
philosophy men perfect
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.
love philosophical thoughtful
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
philosophy men may
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
catholic matter dogma
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
kindness men errors
The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.