Saint-Thomas D'Aquin - St. Thomas Aquinas - Montréal, Québec
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Cette statue de saint Thomas d'Aquin est dans une alcove sur la façade de l'ancienne église Saint-Thomas d'Aquin. This statue of St. Thomas Aquinas is in an alcove on the facade of the church previously known as the church of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 01/10/2019
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Thomas d'Aquin (né en 1224/1225 au château de Roccasecca près d'Aquino, en Italie du Sud (Latium), mort le 7 mars 1274 à l'abbaye de Fossanova près de Priverno dans le Latium également) est un religieux de l'ordre dominicain, célèbre pour son œuvre théologique et philosophique. Considéré comme l'un des principaux maîtres de la philosophie scolastique et de la théologie catholique, il a été canonisé le 18 juillet 1323, puis proclamé docteur de l'Église par Pie V, en 1567 et patron des universités, écoles et académies catholiques, par Léon XIII en 1880. Il est également un des patrons des libraires. Il est aussi qualifié du titre de « Docteur angélique ». Son corps est conservé sous le maître-autel de l'église de l'ancien couvent des dominicains de Toulouse.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas, Tommaso d'Aquino, "Thomas of Aquino"; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian] Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy.
He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time,[11] Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle—whom he called "the Philosopher"—and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity.[12] His best-known works are the Disputed Questions on Truth (1256–59), the Summa contra Gentiles (1259–65), and the Summa Theologiae (1265–74). His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle also form an important part of his body of work. Furthermore, Thomas is distinguished for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the Church's liturgy.