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[[Image:Saint Thomas Aquinas.jpg|right|thumb|St. Thomas Aquinas]]

[[Image:Saint Thomas Aquinas.jpg|left|thumb|St. Thomas Aquinas]]

'''St. Thomas Aquinas''' (1225-1274) was a [[Dominican]] friar who wrote [[Summa Theologica]].  Many consider this to be the most perfect and complete summary of Christian theology, and he established an entire type of Christian philosophy known as "Thomism", which is followed to this day.  Aquinas was somewhat controversial during his life, but was quickly revered by the [[Catholic Church]] after his death. Many of the controversies surrounding Aquinas stem from his synthesis of Aristotlean philosophy with Christian philosophy, causing him to break with many of the traditionally held philosophical and theological positions espoused by the dominant Augustinian synthesis of Neoplatonic philosophy and Christianity.  

'''St. Thomas Aquinas''' (1225-1274) was a [[Dominican]] friar who wrote [[Summa Theologica]].  Many consider this to be the most perfect and complete summary of Christian theology, and he established an entire type of Christian philosophy known as "Thomism", which is followed to this day.  Aquinas was somewhat controversial during his life, but was quickly revered by the [[Catholic Church]] after his death. Many of the controversies surrounding Aquinas stem from his synthesis of Aristotlean philosophy with Christian philosophy, causing him to break with many of the traditionally held philosophical and theological positions espoused by the dominant Augustinian synthesis of Neoplatonic philosophy and Christianity.