“knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Baptism is the Sacrament of Faith. Now, dead faith does not suffice for salvation .. .Therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism cannot give… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The proper task of the Savior is that he is a savior; indeed, for this he came into the world: to seek… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Angels transcend every religion, every philosophy, every creed. In fact Angels have no religion as we know it... Their existence precedes every… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Even though the natural light of the human mind is inadequate to make known what is revealed by faith, nevertheless what is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ"… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“For it is essential to opinion that we assent to one of two opposite assertions with fear of the other, so that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained.… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith.… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
Beauty adds to goodness a relation to the cognitive faculty: so that "good" means that which simply pleases the appetite; while the "beautiful" is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
“God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without itself being… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share
