Sacræ_Theologiæ_Summa_IB_Chur_Salaverri,_Joachim,_S_J_&_Nic_7428.pdf
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"Sacrae Theologiae Summa
Volume IB.
Theologia Fundamentalis"
On the Church of Christ
On the Holy Scripture
By Fr.Joachim Salaverri S.J, Michaele Nicolai S.J
From Spain comes one of the very best recent traditional manuals in this field, the Theologia fundamentalis. This is the first volume of the famed Sacrae theologiae summa.
This English translation from Latin is meant for seminarians and theology students who want to learn scholastic and Thomistic theology. This book is the second half of Volume I of the four volume series under the title of Sacrae Theologiae Summa, which was published in Latin in 1956 by the Bishops' Conference of Spain.
The four volumes contain the treatises that cover all the basic dogmas of the Catholic faith and it does it in a detailed and scholarly way, with a heavy reliance on the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas. One advantage of this Summa is that it gives the student the "theological note,"-the grade of certitude for each thesis.
#theology #thomism
Volume IB.
Theologia Fundamentalis"
On the Church of Christ
On the Holy Scripture
By Fr.Joachim Salaverri S.J, Michaele Nicolai S.J
From Spain comes one of the very best recent traditional manuals in this field, the Theologia fundamentalis. This is the first volume of the famed Sacrae theologiae summa.
This English translation from Latin is meant for seminarians and theology students who want to learn scholastic and Thomistic theology. This book is the second half of Volume I of the four volume series under the title of Sacrae Theologiae Summa, which was published in Latin in 1956 by the Bishops' Conference of Spain.
The four volumes contain the treatises that cover all the basic dogmas of the Catholic faith and it does it in a detailed and scholarly way, with a heavy reliance on the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas. One advantage of this Summa is that it gives the student the "theological note,"-the grade of certitude for each thesis.
#theology #thomism
Sacræ_Theologiæ_Summa_IIA_One_Dalmau,_Joseph_M_,_S_J_&_Bake_7430.pdf
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"Sacrae Theologiae Summa"
Volume IIA
De Deo Uno et Trino
Dalmau Joseph S.J; Baker Kenneth S.J.
The One and Triune God, is meant for those who want to learn scholastic and Thomistic theology. The four volumes of B.A.C. contain treatises that cover all the basic dogmas of the Catholic faith and it does it in a detailed and scholarly way, with a heavy reliance on the teaching of Thomas Aquinas. One advantage of this Summa is that it gives the student the "theological note," that is, the grade of certitude for each thesis. You will learn what is a defined dogma of the Church, what is theologically certain, and what is just a theological opinion. That is important in order to know what level of assent is required for Catholic teachings, such as can be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church which, since it is for all the faithful and is not a theology textbook, does not, for the most part, give the theological note or doctrinal level of the various truths of the faith.
#theology #thomism
Volume IIA
De Deo Uno et Trino
Dalmau Joseph S.J; Baker Kenneth S.J.
The One and Triune God, is meant for those who want to learn scholastic and Thomistic theology. The four volumes of B.A.C. contain treatises that cover all the basic dogmas of the Catholic faith and it does it in a detailed and scholarly way, with a heavy reliance on the teaching of Thomas Aquinas. One advantage of this Summa is that it gives the student the "theological note," that is, the grade of certitude for each thesis. You will learn what is a defined dogma of the Church, what is theologically certain, and what is just a theological opinion. That is important in order to know what level of assent is required for Catholic teachings, such as can be found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church which, since it is for all the faithful and is not a theology textbook, does not, for the most part, give the theological note or doctrinal level of the various truths of the faith.
#theology #thomism
Sacræ_Theologiæ_Summa_IIB_God_Sagüés,_Joseph_F_,_S_J_&_Bake_7426.pdf
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"Sacrae Theologiae Summa IIB"
On God, the Creator and Sanctifier
-Sagüés, Joseph F., S.J.; Baker, Kenneth, S.J., 1955
Since theology is the science about God, it considers him first of all and principally as he is in himself one and three or by means of an absolute consideration of God. But since, beside God, there is the world, theology would not know God perfectly if it did not secondarily carefully consider his relation to the world. Therefore theology also deals with the world, but only inasmuch as it comes from God and is directed to God or as it is an analogical projection of God, on whom it depends for its existence and to whom it tends in order to participate in his being and to glorify him. "Sacred doctrine," St. Thomas says, "does not deal with God and creatures equally, but about God principally and about creatures according as they are ordered to God as their principle and end" (I, q. 1, a. 3 ad 1).
#theology #thomism
On God, the Creator and Sanctifier
-Sagüés, Joseph F., S.J.; Baker, Kenneth, S.J., 1955
Since theology is the science about God, it considers him first of all and principally as he is in himself one and three or by means of an absolute consideration of God. But since, beside God, there is the world, theology would not know God perfectly if it did not secondarily carefully consider his relation to the world. Therefore theology also deals with the world, but only inasmuch as it comes from God and is directed to God or as it is an analogical projection of God, on whom it depends for its existence and to whom it tends in order to participate in his being and to glorify him. "Sacred doctrine," St. Thomas says, "does not deal with God and creatures equally, but about God principally and about creatures according as they are ordered to God as their principle and end" (I, q. 1, a. 3 ad 1).
#theology #thomism
Theology-And-Sanity.pdf
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'Theology and Sanity'
by F J.Sheed
Vatican II issued an urgent call for the laity to take a more active role in the life of the Church. What should the life of the Christian believer be like? How are average lay Christians called to help save the world? How does theology fit into the picture?
One of Frank Sheed's most popular books, this ideal volume for the layman shows the practical aspects of theology in the life of a Christian believer. Logic, clarity, and simplicity permeate this eminently readable book. Drawing from his fifty years of street-corner preaching, as well as his long career as an author, lecturer and publisher, Sheed understands and communicates better than anyone the importance of theology and its relationship to living sanely in today's world. A brilliant synthesis of the Catholic view of life. It offers clear thinking (sanity) when it comes to God and what he has created (everything else).
#theology
by F J.Sheed
Vatican II issued an urgent call for the laity to take a more active role in the life of the Church. What should the life of the Christian believer be like? How are average lay Christians called to help save the world? How does theology fit into the picture?
One of Frank Sheed's most popular books, this ideal volume for the layman shows the practical aspects of theology in the life of a Christian believer. Logic, clarity, and simplicity permeate this eminently readable book. Drawing from his fifty years of street-corner preaching, as well as his long career as an author, lecturer and publisher, Sheed understands and communicates better than anyone the importance of theology and its relationship to living sanely in today's world. A brilliant synthesis of the Catholic view of life. It offers clear thinking (sanity) when it comes to God and what he has created (everything else).
#theology
Ecce Verbum
•"For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs does philosophy show for being so long in labor? Do not all who are full of wind and never come to term miscarry before they come to…
Discussion of theology is not for everyone
I tell you, not for everyone-it is no such inexpensive or effortless pursuit. Nor, I would add, is it for every occasion, or every audience; neither are all its aspects open to inquiry. It must be reserved for certain occasions, for certain audiences, and certain limits must be observed.
It is not for all people, but only for those who have been tested and have found a sound footing in study, and, more importantly, have undergone, or at the very least are undergoing purification of body and soul. For one who is not pure to lay hold of pure things is dangerous, just as it is for weak eyes to look at the sun's brightness.
What is the right time?
Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused by illusory, wandering images, leading us, as it were, to mix fine script with ugly scrawling, or sweet-smelling scent with slime. We need actually "to be still" in order to know God, and when we receive the opportunity, "to judge uprightly" in theology.
Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other for entertaining small-talk, after the races, the theater, songs, food, and sex: for there are people who count chatter on theology and clever deployment of arguments as one of their amusements.
What aspects of theology should be investigated, and to what limit? Only aspects within our grasp, and only to the limit of the experience and capacity of our audience. Just as excess of sound or food injures the hearing or general health, or, if you prefer, as loads that are too heavy injure those who carry them, or as excessive rain harms the soil, we too must guard against the danger that the toughness, so to speak, of our discourses may so oppress and overtax our hearers as actually to impair the powers they had before."
Gregory of Nyssa, On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius
#theology
I tell you, not for everyone-it is no such inexpensive or effortless pursuit. Nor, I would add, is it for every occasion, or every audience; neither are all its aspects open to inquiry. It must be reserved for certain occasions, for certain audiences, and certain limits must be observed.
It is not for all people, but only for those who have been tested and have found a sound footing in study, and, more importantly, have undergone, or at the very least are undergoing purification of body and soul. For one who is not pure to lay hold of pure things is dangerous, just as it is for weak eyes to look at the sun's brightness.
What is the right time?
Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused by illusory, wandering images, leading us, as it were, to mix fine script with ugly scrawling, or sweet-smelling scent with slime. We need actually "to be still" in order to know God, and when we receive the opportunity, "to judge uprightly" in theology.
Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other for entertaining small-talk, after the races, the theater, songs, food, and sex: for there are people who count chatter on theology and clever deployment of arguments as one of their amusements.
What aspects of theology should be investigated, and to what limit? Only aspects within our grasp, and only to the limit of the experience and capacity of our audience. Just as excess of sound or food injures the hearing or general health, or, if you prefer, as loads that are too heavy injure those who carry them, or as excessive rain harms the soil, we too must guard against the danger that the toughness, so to speak, of our discourses may so oppress and overtax our hearers as actually to impair the powers they had before."
Gregory of Nyssa, On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius
#theology
Ecce Verbum
Discussion of theology is not for everyone I tell you, not for everyone-it is no such inexpensive or effortless pursuit. Nor, I would add, is it for every occasion, or every audience; neither are all its aspects open to inquiry. It must be reserved for certain…
The uneducated can love God just as much as the most learned theologian
St. Bonaventure was a close friend of St. Thomas Aquinas. St Bonaventure, the Franciscan saint and Doctor of the Church was no intellectual lightweight. Considered to be the Franciscan equivalent of our brother St Thomas Aquinas they were friends and colleagues. Both were teachers at the university of Paris; both wrote extensively on the theological questions of their day; both are Doctors of the Church whose great learning still inspires and guides many Christians.
However, despite his intellectual prowess, St Bonaventure repeatedly said that prayer and devotion was to be desired more than learning and academic success. For example in his work, The Journey of the Mind to God, he wrote: “Seek the answer in God’s grace, not in doctrine; in the longing of the will, not in the understanding; in the sighs of prayer, not in research”. Now, following the Biblical way of speaking, and considering St Bonaventure’s own example, it’s clear that he didn’t think that doctrine, or understanding, or research were unimportant or could be set aside. Rather, his meaning is that our goal is to grow in love for God; we seek God. Therefore, theology and study and research are the means that we find God, and we should not rest until we grow in closeness to God. Thus St Bonaventure continues in this passage: “seek the bridegroom not the teacher; God and not man; darkness not daylight; and look not to the light but rather to the raging fire that carries the soul to God with intense fervour and glowing love. The fire is God.” (“What I want is mercy, not sacrifice.”- This formulation of “I want A, not B” is a Hebraicism, a kind of Jewish idiomatic way of saying that A is the goal, not B, but this doesn’t mean we can ignore B, rather it is the means to attaining A. So, mercy is God’s desire and aim, and we achieve mercy through sacrifice.)
Perhaps the true problem, then, isn’t dualism but missing the mark; we tend to lose sight of the wood for the trees, so caught up in the things we are doing that we forget the transcendent goal of the things we do. We forget that the aim, ultimately, is Love; the aim is God.(1)
One day, Bonaventure had a conversation with a lay-brother, whose name was Giles. Now, Giles didn’t have very much education. Compared to St. Bonaventure, who had spent years learning and teaching, Brother Giles knew very little. But, he had a good disposition, and did whatever job he was given as well as he could. Brother Giles also wanted to do any task God might plan for him, and so every day he tried to act kindly and with virtue.
While they were talking, Giles remarked to St. Bonaventure: “My reverend Father, how happy you must be, and all you other great and learned theologians! You can love God so much more easily than we poor ignorant lay brothers can, and therefore you can save your souls all the more easily.
With a smile, St. Bonaventure replied: “Brother Giles, you are quite wrong; with God’s grace everyone can love God as much as he likes.”
“What!?” exclaimed the lay-brother, “Can ignorant people like me, and those who cannot read nor write, love God just as much as great scholars like yourself?”
“Yes, most certainly,” said the Saint; “any poor old woman can love God just as much as the most learned theologian.”
When Brother Giles heard these words, he was thrilled. Imagine that! In God’s eyes, Giles didn’t need to be learned or successful in order to love Him. Simply by loving God and doing his best for Him, Brother Giles could make God just as happy as the brilliant St. Bonaventure standing next to him!
Brother Giles was so excited he ran into the garden and opened the gate that led outside the monastery. In his delight, Brother Giles began to shout out to the world:
“Come here, all you poor people; come here, all you old women who can neither read nor write, and I will tell you a most wonderful thing. If you like, you can love God as much as the greatest theologian, even as much as our reverend Father Bonaventure himself.”
#theology
St. Bonaventure was a close friend of St. Thomas Aquinas. St Bonaventure, the Franciscan saint and Doctor of the Church was no intellectual lightweight. Considered to be the Franciscan equivalent of our brother St Thomas Aquinas they were friends and colleagues. Both were teachers at the university of Paris; both wrote extensively on the theological questions of their day; both are Doctors of the Church whose great learning still inspires and guides many Christians.
However, despite his intellectual prowess, St Bonaventure repeatedly said that prayer and devotion was to be desired more than learning and academic success. For example in his work, The Journey of the Mind to God, he wrote: “Seek the answer in God’s grace, not in doctrine; in the longing of the will, not in the understanding; in the sighs of prayer, not in research”. Now, following the Biblical way of speaking, and considering St Bonaventure’s own example, it’s clear that he didn’t think that doctrine, or understanding, or research were unimportant or could be set aside. Rather, his meaning is that our goal is to grow in love for God; we seek God. Therefore, theology and study and research are the means that we find God, and we should not rest until we grow in closeness to God. Thus St Bonaventure continues in this passage: “seek the bridegroom not the teacher; God and not man; darkness not daylight; and look not to the light but rather to the raging fire that carries the soul to God with intense fervour and glowing love. The fire is God.” (“What I want is mercy, not sacrifice.”- This formulation of “I want A, not B” is a Hebraicism, a kind of Jewish idiomatic way of saying that A is the goal, not B, but this doesn’t mean we can ignore B, rather it is the means to attaining A. So, mercy is God’s desire and aim, and we achieve mercy through sacrifice.)
Perhaps the true problem, then, isn’t dualism but missing the mark; we tend to lose sight of the wood for the trees, so caught up in the things we are doing that we forget the transcendent goal of the things we do. We forget that the aim, ultimately, is Love; the aim is God.(1)
One day, Bonaventure had a conversation with a lay-brother, whose name was Giles. Now, Giles didn’t have very much education. Compared to St. Bonaventure, who had spent years learning and teaching, Brother Giles knew very little. But, he had a good disposition, and did whatever job he was given as well as he could. Brother Giles also wanted to do any task God might plan for him, and so every day he tried to act kindly and with virtue.
While they were talking, Giles remarked to St. Bonaventure: “My reverend Father, how happy you must be, and all you other great and learned theologians! You can love God so much more easily than we poor ignorant lay brothers can, and therefore you can save your souls all the more easily.
With a smile, St. Bonaventure replied: “Brother Giles, you are quite wrong; with God’s grace everyone can love God as much as he likes.”
“What!?” exclaimed the lay-brother, “Can ignorant people like me, and those who cannot read nor write, love God just as much as great scholars like yourself?”
“Yes, most certainly,” said the Saint; “any poor old woman can love God just as much as the most learned theologian.”
When Brother Giles heard these words, he was thrilled. Imagine that! In God’s eyes, Giles didn’t need to be learned or successful in order to love Him. Simply by loving God and doing his best for Him, Brother Giles could make God just as happy as the brilliant St. Bonaventure standing next to him!
Brother Giles was so excited he ran into the garden and opened the gate that led outside the monastery. In his delight, Brother Giles began to shout out to the world:
“Come here, all you poor people; come here, all you old women who can neither read nor write, and I will tell you a most wonderful thing. If you like, you can love God as much as the greatest theologian, even as much as our reverend Father Bonaventure himself.”
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The Journey of the Mind to God by St. Bonaventure
Born in Italy, Saint Bonaventure was one of the greatest Christian mystics. As a child he was taken to St. Francis of Assisi for prayers to cure him of a dangerous illness. He studied and then lectured at…
Born in Italy, Saint Bonaventure was one of the greatest Christian mystics. As a child he was taken to St. Francis of Assisi for prayers to cure him of a dangerous illness. He studied and then lectured at…
The relationship between theology and the interior life
Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, 1943
"Theology and the spiritual life should not be opposed, but rather should strengthen each other. For this reason, it is misguided to dismiss the theology manuals of the early twentieth century as dry and dusty. YouTube, podcasts and lightweight, popular polemics are not substitute objects for those who are able to study theology"
"When our study is rightly ordered, it frees the interior life not only from subjectivism but also from particularism resulting from the excessive influence of certain ideas prevalent at some period of time or in some region, ideas which after thirty years will appear antiquated. Some years ago ideas of this or that particular philosophy prevailed, which now no longer find favourable acceptance. It is so in every generation. There is a succession of opinions and events that arouse one’s admiration; they pass with the fashion of the world, while the words of God remain, by which the just man must live."
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Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, 1943
"Theology and the spiritual life should not be opposed, but rather should strengthen each other. For this reason, it is misguided to dismiss the theology manuals of the early twentieth century as dry and dusty. YouTube, podcasts and lightweight, popular polemics are not substitute objects for those who are able to study theology"
"When our study is rightly ordered, it frees the interior life not only from subjectivism but also from particularism resulting from the excessive influence of certain ideas prevalent at some period of time or in some region, ideas which after thirty years will appear antiquated. Some years ago ideas of this or that particular philosophy prevailed, which now no longer find favourable acceptance. It is so in every generation. There is a succession of opinions and events that arouse one’s admiration; they pass with the fashion of the world, while the words of God remain, by which the just man must live."
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#fidesetratio #theology
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Theology and the Interior Life – How do they help each other? Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, 1943
Editors’ introduction: Fr Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP, the respected thomist theologian of the twentieth century, needs little introduction. He addresses an extraordinary range of topics in…
Ecce Verbum
The uneducated can love God just as much as the most learned theologian St. Bonaventure was a close friend of St. Thomas Aquinas. St Bonaventure, the Franciscan saint and Doctor of the Church was no intellectual lightweight. Considered to be the Franciscan…
[Opinion] Theology deepens the understanding of the truths of faith and protects spiritual life from dangerous distortions
“The Church has always taught that the interior life owes much to theology, and that theological studies are in turn enriched by a profound interior life” (Garrigou-Lagrange OP)
I know that sometimes some theological considerations may seem trivial, irrelevant or even purely abstract, without any significance for a good moral life and fruitful faith. Although studying theology and going into these details is not necessary for every believer, although an elementary knowledge of the teachings of the theological masters (St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Alphonsus...) is a very important basis for a reasonable faith, free from heresy and errors that can weaken moral life.
Father Garrigou-Lagrange wrote that Catholic theology protects the spiritual life from falling into subjectivism: "Those who, in prayer to God, are too led by the inclinations of their individual nature, temperament, imagination, sensitivity or character, often fall into sentimental subjectivism."
In this context, it is worth recalling the words of the great mystic, Saint Teresa of Avila, speaking of the authority of theologians: "I use the expression "in my opinion" because I am always ready to believe scholars [theologians] if I am wrong." Because even if they have not experienced these things themselves, there is in them a certain sense of discerning of the things of God. God has appointed them in His Church to be the light, and therefore He enlightens them with truths, so that they may be accepted.”
Theology is not about proving your point or putting purely intellectual considerations above spiritual life, but about a thorough understanding of the truths of faith, which contributes to the development of spiritual life itself, and is also an important element of transmitting the faith to others. So theology is a tool, but not just any or optional tool.
Especially in times of widespread questioning of faith and the world emphasizing apparent contradictions in religion, it seems very necessary to return to traditional theology, which ensures the logical coherence of the entire doctrine and, in my opinion, also solves most contemporary moral and doctrinal problems. I also believe that one cannot take faith seriously and at the same time be indifferent to the errors and distortions spreading within the Church community, which result from disregarding the achievements of Catholic theology. Whoever sincerely wants to go to God and who truly loves Him will also want to get to know Him better and better and share this knowledge with others. Christian humility also obliges us to obey the findings of theologians, especially the Doctors of the Church, as they are more probable and certain than private opinions.
It is impossible to omit the person of Saint Thomas. Pope Leo XIII clearly emphasized his greatness: "Distinguished by a brilliant, extremely penetrating mind, excellent memory, unsullied purity of morals, love of truth and great wealth of divine human knowledge, Thomas warmed the earth with the heat of his virtues and filled it with the splendor of his teaching."
The achievements of Catholic theology are not only of a theoretical nature, but have, especially today, an important practical application, hence Leo XIII said: "In these troubled times, due to the deceit of fraudulent teaching, the Christian faith is being combated and therefore the youth, especially those who are the hope of the Church , should be brought up on strong doctrinal foundation, so that they can grow strong in intellectual and spiritual strength and be well equipped for battle with appropriate weapons, so that they will be accustomed to defend religion wisely and vigorously.
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“The Church has always taught that the interior life owes much to theology, and that theological studies are in turn enriched by a profound interior life” (Garrigou-Lagrange OP)
I know that sometimes some theological considerations may seem trivial, irrelevant or even purely abstract, without any significance for a good moral life and fruitful faith. Although studying theology and going into these details is not necessary for every believer, although an elementary knowledge of the teachings of the theological masters (St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Alphonsus...) is a very important basis for a reasonable faith, free from heresy and errors that can weaken moral life.
Father Garrigou-Lagrange wrote that Catholic theology protects the spiritual life from falling into subjectivism: "Those who, in prayer to God, are too led by the inclinations of their individual nature, temperament, imagination, sensitivity or character, often fall into sentimental subjectivism."
In this context, it is worth recalling the words of the great mystic, Saint Teresa of Avila, speaking of the authority of theologians: "I use the expression "in my opinion" because I am always ready to believe scholars [theologians] if I am wrong." Because even if they have not experienced these things themselves, there is in them a certain sense of discerning of the things of God. God has appointed them in His Church to be the light, and therefore He enlightens them with truths, so that they may be accepted.”
Theology is not about proving your point or putting purely intellectual considerations above spiritual life, but about a thorough understanding of the truths of faith, which contributes to the development of spiritual life itself, and is also an important element of transmitting the faith to others. So theology is a tool, but not just any or optional tool.
Especially in times of widespread questioning of faith and the world emphasizing apparent contradictions in religion, it seems very necessary to return to traditional theology, which ensures the logical coherence of the entire doctrine and, in my opinion, also solves most contemporary moral and doctrinal problems. I also believe that one cannot take faith seriously and at the same time be indifferent to the errors and distortions spreading within the Church community, which result from disregarding the achievements of Catholic theology. Whoever sincerely wants to go to God and who truly loves Him will also want to get to know Him better and better and share this knowledge with others. Christian humility also obliges us to obey the findings of theologians, especially the Doctors of the Church, as they are more probable and certain than private opinions.
It is impossible to omit the person of Saint Thomas. Pope Leo XIII clearly emphasized his greatness: "Distinguished by a brilliant, extremely penetrating mind, excellent memory, unsullied purity of morals, love of truth and great wealth of divine human knowledge, Thomas warmed the earth with the heat of his virtues and filled it with the splendor of his teaching."
The achievements of Catholic theology are not only of a theoretical nature, but have, especially today, an important practical application, hence Leo XIII said: "In these troubled times, due to the deceit of fraudulent teaching, the Christian faith is being combated and therefore the youth, especially those who are the hope of the Church , should be brought up on strong doctrinal foundation, so that they can grow strong in intellectual and spiritual strength and be well equipped for battle with appropriate weapons, so that they will be accustomed to defend religion wisely and vigorously.
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