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AQUINAS, THOMAS [THOMAS OF AQUIN or AQUINO], (c 12271274), scholastic philosopher, known as Doctor Angelicas, Doctor Uniiiersalis, was of noble descent, and nearly allied to several of th? royal houses of Europe. He was born in 1225 or 1227, at Roccasecca, the ...

... for by Cicero and Strabo.' A colony was planted hereby the Triumviri. St Thomas Aquinas was born in the castle of Roccasecca, 5 m. N. See E. Gross!, Aquinum (Rome, 1907). (T. As.)

AQUILA (FA/t{>Aas), (i) a Jew from Rome, who with his wife Prisca or Priscilla had settled in Corinth, where Paul stayed with them (Acts xviii. 2,3). They became Christians and fellowworkers with Paul, to whom they seem to have shown their devotion in some spe

... However, Rom. i. 20 has had great influence on Christian theology (e.g. Thomas Aquinas) in leading it to base theism upon reason or argument. One apologetic contention, aimed at Gentile readers, is found among the motives of Acts. Christianity is not a lawles ...

... hreskefle des Osterr. Arch. last. v. (1902), Beiblatt. pp. 139 seq. AQUILLI US— AQUINAS Aquileia; it became a naval station and, probably, the seat of the corrector Venetiarum et Histriae; a mint was established here, the coins of which are very numerous, and ...

... gance of speculation on this subject, which may be seen in the last division of Aquinas' Summa Theologiae. He proposes thirty questions on these matters, among which are the following: " whether souls arc conducted to heaven or hell immediately after death "; ...

... ogy are the topics of outstanding importance. In the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas th< technical sense is fully established. Except in special circum stances which generally explain themselves, e.g. " Homerii Theology " (a book by Nagelsbach), Old Testame ...

... nce as opposed to reality. The terms, therefore, were not invented by St Thomas Aquinas, and are not mere scholastic subtlety. The definition of the Council of Trent was intended both to enforce the accepted Catholic position and to exclude the teaching of Lut ...