Thomas Aquinas Doctrine of the Act of Being
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Thomas Aquinas was a priest in the early Roman Catholic Church; he was a very influential person when it came to philosophy and theology.’ Aquinas’ referred to his residence, a name that he was given by the church. Aquinas of the act of doctrine started his early education at the age of five and he went to the Monte Cassino School. Aquinas furthered his studies at the university and that is when Aquinas came across Aristotle who came a long way in influencing his theology and philosophy. In his time at the university in Naples, Aquinas went under the authority of John St. Julian. St Julian was a Dominican preacher of the Roman Catholic Church in Naples and was one of those who used to conscript followers.

Aquinas’s family did not like his choice of been a Dominican and ones he had made an attempt to go to Rome he was stopped and urged to renounce that desire. Aquinas treasured theology and to him it was like a sacred doctrine. Theology consisted study of the scripture and norm of the Catholic Church. Theology and the scriptures came from the history of olden day’s revelation of God to people or even one certain individual. Aquinas had a firm conviction that reason and faith had to go together though distinct he believed both of them were required in order to truly understand God. Aquinas used the Greek philosophy alongside with the Christian doctrine and explained that the learning of some aspects from nature was a way to understand and appreciate God. By studying nature Aquinas found out that God could at times use nature as a way of revealing himself. Aquinas study of theology was to discover and gain salvation by using the truth and facts.

Aquinas stated that God was father, Son and the Holy Spirit and all this were the reasons that made man have a relationship with God. The holy trinity is even used and believed in by Roman Catholic Church and in Christianity as a whole. Aquinas loved practicality and that is why he commenced his teachings by using the Adam and Eve story. He described where sin came from. Christ rose from the dead to save people from their sins a thing that no mankind could ever do. In his time there were various theologists who had different opinions and believe. Aquinas argued that Jesus the son of God was not only human but also divine. Aquinas studies and ethics have largely been recognized in today’s times especially by the catholic church. Most of the Aquinas ethics have been influential. The fellowship of God was the ultimate goal of life as said by Aquinas. He continued to say that those who loved God had to do what God loves.

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