Christian History Magazine—Issue 73: Thomas Aquinas: Greatest Medieval Theologian
Overview
The Medieval Church was in disrepair. Theological inquiry had not been undertaken for centuries. The best and brightest of Europe were off battling the Saracens or seeking wealth and repentance on Holy Land Crusades. Enter Thomas Aquinas—the sharpest mind of his time and the man who would lay the groundwork for a lasting theological legacy in the Western Church. Open this issue of Christian History & Biography and meet St. Thomas, a man whose writing shaped the religion of the West and proved that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.
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Top Highlights
“Reason and faith were considered compatible and complementary.” (source)
“Aristotle’s works sparked an intellectual renaissance as Aquinas and other Christian scholars sought to integrate Aristotelian and traditional Christian teachings about man and God. Their approach became known as Scholasticism, and it deeply influenced the subsequent course of Western philosophy. As universities spread throughout Europe, they quickly made the works of Aristotle central to their programs of study.” (source)
“ A person operating without divine revelation could logically conclude that the world had always existed” (source)
“Third, St. Thomas indicated his own position with the formula ‘On the contrary …’ (Sed contra).” (source)
“If the work of His hands be so lovely, O how much more beautiful must be He who made them.” (source)
- Title: Christian History Magazine—Issue 73: Thomas Aquinas: Greatest Medieval Theologian
- Author: Christian History Institute
- Series: Christian History Magazine
- Publisher: Christianity Today
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Middle Ages › Theology; Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- Resource ID: LLS:CH73
- Resource Type: Magazine
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:40:46Z