About St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar who became one of the most influential Christian thinkers in history. Born to nobility around 1225, he defied his family’s wishes by joining a religious order instead of becoming a powerful abbot. Despite being nicknamed the “Dumb Ox” due to his quiet nature and large size, Aquinas proved to be a brilliant scholar who successfully merged Christian theology with ancient Greek philosophy, particularly the works of Aristotle. He wrote extensively on topics ranging from the existence of God to human nature and ethics, with his masterpiece being the “Summa Theologica.” Though he died relatively young at 49, his ideas profoundly shaped Catholic thought and Western philosophy, leading to his canonization as a saint in 1323. CopyRetry
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