St. Thomas Aquinas Research Paper

Theologian and philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225, Roccasecca, Italy. There is no exact date recorded of his birth, all we have is the year. He was the youngest of eight siblings and his family members were descendants the emperors Frederick I and Henry VI. He died on March 7, 1274 at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy. As for his education, he attended university of Paris and University of Naples Federico II. He received the nicknames the dumb ox, the universal teacher, and the Christian apostle. His brilliancy wasn’t out of nowhere, as he was influenced by Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Plato, Socrates and a few others. During his time, he became a Dominican and eventfully wrote what most of us know him for: the Summa Theologica. One thing that stands out about St. Thomas Aquinas is that he is an …show more content…
Throughout his whole life, he was nothing but helpful. Thomas cared for the well being of others over himself. No one truly understands what it means to live a life of poverty until you live one, but from one I know, it take courage—that he is not short of. Thomas was very wise, he could have grown up to be a lot of successful careers, but instead he donates all his time and money towards the Dominicans. That earns him a lot of respect in my book, because that is something I would never be willing to do. I believe St. Thomas Aquinas brings so much to the table if he was around today. Simply put, he offers his intelligence to society which we could not have enough of. He really knew and understood the faith, so I feel that with him around there would be a lot less questions or gray areas. Thomas’s book on our theology is approximately 3,500 pages, so it is fairly safe to say he is educated in this field. Also, he was a brilliant public speaker—which led to Thomas being a phenomenal teacher—expressing the faith in a way everyone can