Thomas Aquinas

(c. A.D. 1225-1274) Dominican friar, teacher at the University of Paris, central figure of medieval scholasticismRefers to the rational approach to theology that dominated Roman Catholic ideas in the High and Late Middle Ages that developed in the universities in... more, and the most authoritative theologian of the Roman Catholic traditionThis word comes from a Latin term meaning “to hand down,” that originally referred to the teaching of the apostles as handed down in the churches ... more; known for his use of Aristotelian philosophy and his conception of supernaturalIs a theological concept developed in Roman Catholic theology primarily by Thomas Aquinas that maintains that God dispenses his grace in at various ti... more graceIs a term used to identify unmerited assistance by God primarily to redeem and transform human beings. In the early and medieval church it also referr... more.