St. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) was a Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist. He was born in Italy.
He was a proponent of natural theology and he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable. Much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time, Thomas embraced the ideas of Aristotle, whom he called "the Philosopher."
Included in this app are the following works:
Summa Theologiae (1265–1274)
Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265)
A Patristic Commentary on Matthew
A Patristic Commentary on Mark
A Patristic Commentary on Luke
A Patristic Commentary on John
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Thomas Aquinas was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis.
He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.
The philosophy of Aquinas has exerted enormous influence on subsequent Christian theology, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, extending to Western philosophy in general, where he stands as a vehicle and modifier of Aristotelianism, which he fused with the thought of Augustine.
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