'''Saint Thomas Aquinas''', [[Ordo Praedicatorum|O.P.]] ('''Thomas of Aquin''' or '''Aquino'''; b. ca. 1225; d. 7 March, 1274) was an Italian [[Catholic]] priest in the [[Dominican Order]], and an influential [[philosopher]] and [[theologian]] in the [[scholasticism|scholastic]] tradition, known as '''Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Universalis''' and '''Doctor Communis'''. He was a proponent of [[natural theology]], and the originator of the school of philosophy and theology now called 'Thomistic'. His influence on Western thought is considerable. | '''Saint Thomas Aquinas''', [[Ordo Praedicatorum|O.P.]] ('''Thomas of Aquin''' or '''Aquino'''; b. ca. 1225; d. 7 March, 1274) was an Italian [[Catholic]] priest in the [[Dominican Order]], and an influential [[philosopher]] and [[theologian]] in the [[scholasticism|scholastic]] tradition, known as '''Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Universalis''' and '''Doctor Communis'''. He was a proponent of [[natural theology]], and the originator of the school of philosophy and theology now called 'Thomistic'. His influence on Western thought is considerable. |