The philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is highly systematic, profound, mystical and elaborate, and was recorded in the 13th century. In a word, it is “formidable.” And yet, Aquinas is the master par ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Peter confute heretics in a 1369 fresco by Andrea Bonaiuto in Florence's Spanish Chapel. Leemage/Corbis ...

Most material on Aquinas gets very philosophical very quickly. This is unfortunate, as the first sight of a passage like “every essence or quiddity can be understood without knowing anything about its ...

[Editor’s Note: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He was born ...

I spent last week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, or PASS. This organization of scholars explores ideas of interest to the Vatican.

Every Jan. 28, the Church celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas — doctor of the Church, patron saint of students, distinguished philosopher and theologian, and author of the monumental “Summa Theologica.” St.

During a somewhat simpler time, before anyone stateside had uttered the words COVID-19, the University of St. Thomas commissioned world-renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz to craft a bronze ...

(The Conversation) — Some years ago, I was rushing past the treasures of the Louvre in Paris, on the way to the “Mona Lisa,” when a painting stopped me in my tracks. Massive and unusually elongated, ...