{"product_id":"2940014093651","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas of the Order of Preachers: A Biographical Study of the Angelic Doctor - Enhanced (Illustrated)","description":"** A Christian Classic **\u003cbr\u003e** Active Table of Contents **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book by Father Placid Conway provides a comprehensive biography of Thomas Aquinas. Thomas Aquinas, also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Aquinas\" is not a surname, but is a Latin adjective meaning \"of Aquino\", his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of Thomism. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. As one of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: \"This (Dominican) Order ... acquired new luster when the Church declared the teaching of Thomas to be her own and that Doctor, honored with the special praises of the Pontiffs, the master and patron of Catholic schools.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can buy other wonderful religious books from Wyatt North Publishing! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnjoy.","brand":"Wyatt North Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178296557808,"sku":"2940014093651","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014093651_p0.jpg?v=1763609772","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014093651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}