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Line 27: − − Saint Thomas wrote many theological and philosophical books, as well as composing several beautiful hymns. Hailed as a masterpiece, his works Summa Theoligiae gives humanity a child like revelation of [[God]]. The book was never completed; after a religious experience, he stopped writing explaining, “All that I have written seems to me like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me.”<ref>[http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/?page_id=103], Philosophy of Religion- Historic Figures</ref> He died three months later at the monastery of Fossanova, one mile from Sonnino, on March 7, 1274 − − − His entire Summa is simple to comprehend, divided into three parts and contains 27 questions. "It can be proved in five ways that God exists." <ref>[http://www.catholicism.org/thomas-aquinas.html], Saint Thomas Aquinas Biography</ref> − − The first part <i>Prima Pars</i> (God and what precedes from Him) − − The second part <i>Prima Secundae and Secunda Secundae</i> (Law and Grace, Charity and Justice) − − The third part <i>Tertia Pars</i> (Christ who as man is our way to God)
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Saint Thomas had a different view of the fall than [[Calvin]] or [[Luther]]. He did not view man as totally depraved. His will was weakened and his intellect clouded, nontheless his nature is not totaly corrupted, for as created by God it is still basically good. Nevertheless man cannot attain to [[salvation]] on his own but is in need of [[grace]]. Though the intellect is clouded, unassisted human reason can still attain to many of the truths about God. For instance the existance of God can be shown from the nature of the created [[universe]]. Nontheless certain things are only knowable through [[Divine Revelation]] such as the doctrine of the [[Blessed Trinity]]. Because of his view of the power of the human mind, though harmed by the fall, yet not totaly destroyed, the works of the classical, secular philosophers could be brought into the service of Christian theology. [[Charles Murray]] wrote, "Aquinas made the case, eventually adopted by the Church, that human intelligence is a gift from God, and that to apply human intelligence to understanding the world is not an affront to God but is pleasing to him." <ref>http://www.amconmag.com/11_17_03/review.html</ref>
Saint Thomas had a different view of the fall than [[Calvin]] or [[Luther]]. He did not view man as totally depraved. His will was weakened and his intellect clouded, nontheless his nature is not totaly corrupted, for as created by God it is still basically good. Nevertheless man cannot attain to [[salvation]] on his own but is in need of [[grace]]. Though the intellect is clouded, unassisted human reason can still attain to many of the truths about God. For instance the existance of God can be shown from the nature of the created [[universe]]. Nontheless certain things are only knowable through [[Divine Revelation]] such as the doctrine of the [[Blessed Trinity]]. Because of his view of the power of the human mind, though harmed by the fall, yet not totaly destroyed, the works of the classical, secular philosophers could be brought into the service of Christian theology. [[Charles Murray]] wrote, "Aquinas made the case, eventually adopted by the Church, that human intelligence is a gift from God, and that to apply human intelligence to understanding the world is not an affront to God but is pleasing to him." <ref>http://www.amconmag.com/11_17_03/review.html</ref>
Saint Thomas wrote many theological and philosophical books, as well as composing several beautiful hymns. Hailed as a masterpiece, his works Summa Theoligiae gives humanity a child like revelation of [[God]]. The book was never completed; after a religious experience, he stopped writing explaining, “All that I have written seems to me like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me.”<ref>[http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/?page_id=103], Philosophy of Religion- Historic Figures</ref> He died three months later at the monastery of Fossanova, one mile from Sonnino, on March 7, 1274
His entire Summa is simple to comprehend, divided into three parts and contains 27 questions. "It can be proved in five ways that God exists." <ref>[http://www.catholicism.org/thomas-aquinas.html], Saint Thomas Aquinas Biography</ref>
The first part <i>Prima Pars</i> (God and what precedes from Him)
The second part <i>Prima Secundae and Secunda Secundae</i> (Law and Grace, Charity and Justice)
The third part <i>Tertia Pars</i> (Christ who as man is our way to God)
Concerning the nature of God, Aquinas found that the best approach, commonly called the "via negativa", is to consider what God is not. This led him to propose five positive statements about the divine qualities:
Concerning the nature of God, Aquinas found that the best approach, commonly called the "via negativa", is to consider what God is not. This led him to propose five positive statements about the divine qualities:
St. Thomas Aquinas is further known for his famous observation that the [[Devil]] cannot withstand mockery.
St. Thomas Aquinas is further known for his famous observation that the [[Devil]] cannot withstand mockery.