Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas

I chose to write about Saint Thomas Aquinas because I have heard of his life and found it

interesting. There was also a large pool of knowledge to research from, about Saint

Thomas Aquinas. I also knew he is called Doctor of the church and I wanted to learn

more about that.

I was interested in Saint Thomas Aquinas because he was misunderstood

by his peers and was also called "the Dumb Ox". I wanted to understand how someone

can be so misunderstood stood and be a brilliant philosopher. After reading about him I

realize he was truly a humble being who did not need to prove himself to anyone. His

love of God came first in his life. He was able to overcome the obstacles in his life and

pursue his dream of learning about God and the truth. Finding the truth in all things is

what made Thomas a great saint. Faith and truth were always his main thought.

Before I did the research I didn't know what to anticipate, I learned that

Thomas Aquinas was a saint, philosopher, theologian, doctor of the church, and a patron

of catholic universities. Many religious orders study and follow the teachings and

followings of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In this paper I have uncovered the true life of Saint

Thomas Aquinas and his methods of Theology. He strongly emphasized his belief of

theology through revolation. By looking further into his teachings, I have become more

familiar and feel closer to my own personal faith.

Saint Thomas Aquinas is one of the most famous saints of the Catholic

Church. He is called a 'Doctor of the Church.' He was a theologian, and philosopher. A

theologian is someone who spends their life thinking about Jesus' life. They figure out

things about God and the Catholic faith thr...

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...ordinary. No writer surpassed him in the faculty of expressing in a few well-chosen

words the truth gathered from a multitude of varying and conflicting opinions; and in

almost every instance the student sees, the truth and is perfectly satisfied with St.

Thomas's summary and statement. Not that he would have students swear by the words of

a master. In philosophy, he says, arguments from authority are of secondary importance;

philosophy does not consist in knowing what men have said, but in knowing the truth

In the Church. the esteem in which he was held during his life has not

been diminished, but rather increased, in the course of the six centuries that have elapsed

since his death. It is known that nearly all the founders and framers of laws of religious

orders commanded their societies to study and religiously adhere to the teachings of St.

Thomas.