breski1 January 28, 2010 Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P., also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; (Aquino, 1225 – Fossanova, 7 March 1274) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Order, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian [More]

breski1 January 28, 2010 Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P., also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; (Aquino, 1225 – Fossanova, 7 March 1274) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Order, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus (the Angelic Doctor) and Doctor Communis or Doctor Universalis (the Common or Universal Doctor).[1] "Aquinas" is not a surname (hereditary surnames were not then in common use in Europe), but is a Latin adjective meaning "of Aquino", his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology, which is named after him. 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. Thomas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood.[2] The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. One of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: "The Church has declared Thomas' doctrines to be her own."[3]

breski1 Thomas von Aquin (* um 1225 auf Schloss Roccasecca bei Aquino in Italien; † 7. März 1274 in Fossanova; auch Thomas Aquinas oder der Aquinate; it. Tommaso d'Aquino) war Dominikaner und einer der einflussreichsten Philosophen und Theologen der Geschichte. Thomas von Aquin gehört zu den bedeutendsten der 33 katholischen Kirchenlehrer und ist als solcher unter den Namen Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis und Doctor Universalis bekannt. Seiner Wirkungsgeschichte in der Philosophie des hohen Mittelalters nach zählt er zu den Hauptvertretern der Scholastik. Er hinterließ ein sehr umfangreiches Werk, das etwa im Neuthomismus und der Neuscholastik bis in die heutige Zeit nachwirkt. In der römisch-katholischen Kirche wird er als Heiliger verehrt.