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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
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Of neither of these is there space to give illustration; but the hymn of St. Thomas Aquinas, which is familiar to
The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 1907
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South Broward enjoyed a successful season, winning 10 games, but saw its quest for a state championship end when it ran into the buzz saw known as St. Thomas Aquinas this past Friday.
Freep.com - RSS 2009
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True, the document also decrees that abortion is an "intrinsic evil," but Catholics for Choice has researched church history and found to its satisfaction that theologians such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine never decreed the fetus to be a person during the early stages of pregnancy.
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True, the document also decrees that abortion is an "intrinsic evil," but Catholics for Choice has researched church history and found to its satisfaction that theologians such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine never decreed the fetus to be a person during the early stages of pregnancy.
Webster Blog 2009
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True, the document also decrees that abortion is an "intrinsic evil," but Catholics for Choice has researched church history and found to its satisfaction that theologians such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine never decreed the fetus to be a person during the early stages of pregnancy.
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St. Thomas Aquinas reasoned, "In terms of nature's own operation, a woman is inferior and a mistake."
Michele Swenson: Male Entitlement: Church & State Preserve Male Prerogatives, Female Punishments 2010
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Cynthia Dunbar, a lawyer from Richmond who is a strict constitutionalist and thinks the nation was founded on Christian beliefs, managed to cut Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century, replacing him with St. Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and William Blackstone.
Joseph Smigelski: Out of Infamy : An Important Film at a Crucial Time 2010
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St. Thomas Aquinas defines heresy as "a species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas."
Infamous Kat Howard 2010
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To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.
Rev. Chuck Freeman: Gov. Rick Perry Is Right: God Is Speaking in the Gulf Oil Spill Rev. Chuck Freeman 2010
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The fate of our four-legged friends -- whether they have a soul, whether they'll be in the afterlife -- has occupied the minds of Christian thinkers ever since the days of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine.
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