Thomas Aquinas

January 28th is the saint day for Thomas Aquinas (1222-1274), called “the Doctor of the Church” for his theology and philosophy. A Roman Catholic Dominican priest, he said that God is the source of humanity’s natural reason, and the light of faith. He was the most influential thinker of the Middle Ages. His “Thomist” approach…

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What is Prayer?

A major question for many people is not the how of prayer, but the what. In their minds, some people may connect prayer with memorized lines they were taught in childhood, or a thing religious leaders said in church worship. But what exactly is prayer? The answer to this question is not the same for…

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