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Thomas Aquinas

Aquinas became a defining voice for Catholic theology and a major figure in philosophy of religion.

BORN 1225 CE · Roccasecca, Kingdom of SicilyDIED 1274 CE · Fossanova Abbey, ItalyERA Scholastic

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Systematized Christian theology with Aristotelian philosophy, especially on God, ethics, law, and reason.

THE RECORD

His Summa Theologiae organized questions of doctrine, ethics, sacraments, and metaphysics.
He argued that reason and revelation can be distinct yet harmonious sources of knowledge.
Thomistic thought remains influential in Catholic teaching, natural law, and contemporary metaphysics.