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Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Thomas Aquinas [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225-74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca Secca (near Naples). He is the greatest figure of scholasticism , one of the principal saints of the Roman Catholic Church, and founder of the system declared by Pope Leo XIII (in the encyclical Aeterni Patris, 1879) to be the official Catholic philosophy. Life St. Thomas came of the ruling family of Aquino, was educated as a child at Monte Cassino, and later studied at Naples. To his family's disappointment he entered (1244) the new... Read more
Aquinas, Saint Thomas
World Encyclopedia Aquinas, Saint Thomas (1225–74) Italian theologian and philosopher, Doctor of the Church. St Thomas is the greatest figure of scholasticism . His Summa Theologiae ( Theological Digest , 1267–73) was declared (1879) by Pope Leo XIII to be the basis of official Catholic philosophy. ... Read more
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Saint Thomas Aquinas. Vol. 2.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. VOLUME 2: SPIRITUAL...Work (1996). All of Thomas's theology is spiritual...understanding. The saint's spirituality is mirrored...surpassing them. So Thomas is the Christian spiritual...centuries are rooted in Thomas's works. T. has mirrored...balanced ... Read more
GRACE AND FREEDOM: OPERATIVE GRACE IN THE THOUGHT OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.(Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...GRACE IN THE THOUGHT OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. By Bernard Lonergan...the developing mind of Thomas Aquinas on divine grace and...changes in the texts of Thomas: from his initial writings...Regarding this work on Aquinas, the young L., Read more
Saint Thomas and political science: introduction. (Thomas Aquinas)(Symposium Issue)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science; 3/22/1997; ; 614 words ; ...relevance of the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the study of politics...careful attention to Aquinas's own words, the paradox...political philosophy. Thomas anticipated, Schall...the best students of Thomas Aquinas writing today. They... Read more
St. Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Catholic Education.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 1/28/2007; 469 words ; ...remember the life and works of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest theologians of all time. St. Thomas, known as Angelic Doctor, Doctor...family had similar ambitions for Thomas. He took his higher studies at...sight. His mother tried to persuade Thomas to give up his membership in ... Read more
Beyond privation: moral evil in Aquinas's De malo.(Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...theological utility notwithstanding, Thomas Aquinas nevertheless took particular care...positive concept of malitia--within Thomas's treatment of moral evil. In so...expression to the basic insight governing Thomas's conception of moral evil. To get... Read more
Aquinas on non-voluntary acts.(PHILOSOPHICAL ABSTRACTS)(Saint Thomas Aquinas)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/2006; ; 134 words ; Aquinas argues that an agent's act may be voluntary, involuntary...fell under D, the agent would still have performed it. Aquinas's full account of non-voluntary acts is terse and ambiguous...glean from other discussions and reveals just how strongly Aquinas is inclined to Augustinian internalism. Read more
Aquinas and onto-theology.(PHILOSOPHICAL ABSTRACTS)(Saint Thomas Aquinas)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/2006; ; 99 words ; ...of mystery from our understanding of God and the loss of any religious significance for the God that results. I argue that Aquinas is not guilty of onto-theology because his use of abstract, impersonal categories is subsumed (aufgehoben, teleologically suspended... Read more
Aquino en CD-ROM. (Santo Tomás de Aquino)(TT: Aquinas on CD-ROM) (TA: Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 2/17/1997; 108 words ; Las 118 obras de Santo Tomás de Aquino, cuya Suma Theológica marcó la teología católica y la enseñanza en las universidades europeas durante varios siglos, han sido condensadas en un CD-ROM, en su versión original latina. Además, incluye un estudio Read more
Jean-Pierre Torrell's research on Thomas Aquinas.
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Rediscovering Thomas Aquinas in the Twenty-First Century
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