Thomas Aquinas

American  

[tom-uhs] / ˈtɒm əs /

noun

1. Saint. Aquinas, Saint Thomas.

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Aquinas, Thomas Cultural  

1. A thirteenth-century Italian priest and philosopher who became the most influential theologian of the Middle Ages. Aquinas, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, sought to reconcile faith and reason by showing that elements of the philosophy of Aristotle were compatible with Christianity. His greatest work is the Summa Theologica.

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Example Sentences

As early as the 12th and 13th centuries, philosophers such as St. Thomas Aquinas identified reason as the home of God’s image in every person.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Fred Stephenson who is head of Year 11 at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Kings Norton, Birmingham, said the charity had given many students "dignity".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Very often, talk here echoes the 13th-century writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, who believed God could be found in truth, goodness and beauty.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

He studied philosophy and history at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany, and became enamored with Thomas Aquinas, whose medieval philosophy inspired his thesis.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Even as the Crusades drew to a close in the thirteenth century, Saint Thomas Aquinas declared that God could not make something that was infinite any more than he could make a scholarly horse.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife