St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, priest and theologian, regarded as one of the foremost philosophers of the Middle Ages. Born into a noble family at Roccasecca, he joined the newly founded Dominican order against his family's wishes; they kept him at home for about a year before relenting. He studied under Albertus Magnus and taught at the University of Paris, working to show that faith and reason are in harmony and drawing on Aristotle as well as the Church Fathers. His major works, the Summa Theologiae and the Summa contra Gentiles, offer a comprehensive account of Christian doctrine, including his "five ways" of arguing for the existence of God and an enduring theory of natural law. Canonized in 1323 and later named a Doctor of the Church, he is known as the "Angelic Doctor."
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Saints and Reformers of Christianity
St. Paul spread the early Christian faith through his journeys and letters, and St. Augustine's Confessions and City of God shaped Christian thought for centuries. St. Francis of Assisi embraced poverty and founded the Franciscan order, and St. Thomas Aquinas composed the Summa Theologiae. In the sixteenth century, Thomas More and Martin Luther stood on opposite sides of the Reformation.
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