St. Thomas Aquinas
by Carlo Crivelli

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is one of the greatest thinkers in the history of the world. His contribution to Catholic and Western Culture is not often understood for its profound depth. Writing in the 1200s, as the Crusaders brought back books of Aristotle's philosophy into the Platonic tradition of Western Christendom, there was friction and confusion with the new competing school of thought. Aquinas bridged the gap. The sun on his chest is the light of reason and the light of faith, which he proved was a single light.

The Summa Theologiae is written in a methodical, point-counterpoint style. You might take a look at this nice version of it: Or this by Alfred J. Freddoso, a Notre Dame Professor Emeritus: Try the 5 proofs of God. St. Thomas knew they were not absolute, uncontestable proofs that a rational person had to accept to keep their sanity, but they are very reasonable, hard to dispute, and provide even more accumulative weight for the justification of the Faith.

Carlo Crivelli, 1430-1495, was a Catholic painter from Italy. Aquinas had built the coherency of the age Crivelli lived in. Aquinas is someone we can pray to anytime, but especially in times like these when the intellectual coherency of our culture is unraveling for many people outside the faith. He is a Doctor of the Church. His Feast Day is January 28. He is the Patron Saint of scholars and students.

You might also like the recent paining of Aquinas by Sue Kouma Johnson, soon to be in her Etsy store, TreeOfHeaven.

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