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
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.
evidence
For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
eternity lacking whole
Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.
love spiritual produce
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.
understanding may faithfulness
Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.
grace doe
Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.
patience perfection done
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
friendship relationship true-friend
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
stars powerful war
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
inspirational-life hate perfect
Even as in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in hell there will be the most perfect hate.
grace divine divine-nature
Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.
catholic saint doe
What does it take to become a saint? Will it.