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
unjust injustice wells
If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
eternity lacking whole
Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.
equality men liberty
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
reason ends
God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.
who-we-are
The things we love tell us who we are.
creatures moved
For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.
produce persons sacraments
In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.
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.
infinite lovable
A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.
parent doe vices
Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa.
leisure
There is no leisure about politics.
christianity lord salvation
The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.
substance matter individual
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
deny
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.