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Angelic Doctor & Catholic Theology


Often referred to as THOMISM or SCHOLASTICISM, the philosophy and
theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas, "The Angelic Doctor", has become the
prescribed doctrinal method of the Church of Christ. One of this Saints
greatest works is called the "Summa Theologica", or "Summa" for short. The
amazing work can be accessed on the World Wide Web. Check the Catholic
links from the CDIA web page at:


http://home.earthlink.net/~cdia/

The "Summa" covers almost any topic of Catholic Theology, and contains
a convenient rebuttal to almost any objection that could be made against
the Faith.
Here, now, are a few quotes, spanning centuries, manifesting the mind
of Holy Mother Church on the excellence and necessity of the teachings
according to St. Thomas Aquinas:

"[St. Thomas'] doctrine above all other doctrine, with the exception of the
Holy Scriptures, has such a propriety of words, such a method of
explanation, such a truth of opinions, that no one who holds it will ever
be found to have strayed from the path of truth; whereas anyone who has
attacked it has always been suspected as to the truth." - Pope Innocent
VI (1352-1362)

"It has an apt coherence of facts and causes, connected with one another;
and order and arrangement, like soldiers drawn up in battle array;
definitions and distinctions very lucid; unanswerableness of argument and
acute disputation. By these the light is divided from the darkness, and the
truth from falsehood. The lies of heretics, wrapped up in many wiles and
fallacies, being stripped of their coverings, are bared and laid open." -
Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590)

"To desert Aquinas, especially in his metaphysical teachings, is to risk
disaster."
- Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922)

"The study of philosophy and theology and the teaching of these sciences to
their students must be accurately carried out by Professors (in seminaries,
etc.) according to the arguments, doctrine, and principles of St. Thomas
which they are inviolately to hold." - Canon Law 1366, Section 2 (1918)

OF THIS CANON Pope Pius XI says that it: "should be held as a sacred command".

"...as we well know from the experience of centuries, the method of Aquinas
is singularly preeminent both for teaching students and for bringing truth
to light; his doctrine is in harmony with divine revelation, and is most
effective both for safeguarding the foundation of faith, and for reaping,
safely and usefully, the fruits of sound progress." - Pope Pius XII
(1939-1958). "Humani Generis", 1950





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