Saint thomas aquinas

"Above all the Scholastic Doctors towers Thomas Aquinas, prince and master of them all, who, as Cajetan observes, "because he profoundly revered the holy Doctors who preceded him inherited in a way the intellect of all, intellectum omnium quodammodo sortitus est." Thomas gathered their doctrines together, as if they were the scattered members of the same body, and knitted them into one whole. He assembled them in an admirable order, and so increased them with valuable additions that he is…

There are a great many saints who will never be known on this side of God’s grace; whose lives merited heavenly bliss but not the history books. But this host of secret saints represents the central secret of what it means to be a saint: who a person is is more important than what a […]

Why is he considered the “Angelic Doctor,” and what does that mean for Catholics today?

Description St. Thomas Aquinas icon January 29th, 2013 Ink, watercolor, gold leaf “I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I esteemed wisdom more than scepter or throne; compared with her, I held riches to be nothing. Who will know your design, O Lord, unless you bestow wisdom, and send down your Holy Spirit from above?” - Wisdom 7:7-8; 9:17 “Blessed be the Lord; for love of him Saint Thomas Aquinas spent long hours in prayer, study and…

St Thomas was "called the Doctor Angelicus, perhaps because of his virtues, in particular the loftiness of his thought and purity of life", said Pope Benedict XVI. My sermon for St Thomas' feast day can be read here. In this painting in San Domenico, Bologna, St Thomas is taught by angels to contemplate the truth of the Eucharist.

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Politics is the science which has for object the organization of the State in view of the complete Common Good of the citizens in the natural order, and the means that conduct to it. As the final e…