Aquinas
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In light of the war between the United States (and Israel) and Iran, I’ve been hearing a lot of references within Catholic circles to “just war” doctrine, the teaching of the Church that relates to armed conflict between nations. This doctrine dates back to St. Ambrose and St. Augustine in the first few centuries of…
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Today the Catholic Church celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Domincan priest and maybe the smartest Christian ever. His work brought together Christian theology and classical Greek philosophy in ways that show that faith and reason are not oppositional. In fact, for Aquinas the two perfect each other. Three quick things about Aquinas worth…
Reading Francis 