Theological Concepts and Thomas Aquinas' Influence

simony

The controversial practice of selling and buying positions or favor within the Church. The Church condemns this practice.

transsubstantiation

Church teaching that holds that the substance of the bread and wine is changed into the substance of the Body and Blood of Christ at the consecration at Mass.

scholasticism

The theological system that arose during the Middle ages, developed notably by St. Thomas Aquinas, balancing faith and reason and relying heavily on classical philosophy and the Church fathers.

Renaissance

A cultural rebirth begun in the Late Middle Ages that rediscovered the ancient civilizations of Rome and Egypt. The Renaissance stressed the natural and the human. It emphasized the pleasures of life, glorified the human body, and celebrated education.

humanism

A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized the rediscovery of the literature, art, and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.

colonization

The process where a nation establishes a prominent presence by exerting an element of power or control in an area beyond their original borders.

indulgences

The remission before God of the temporal punishment still due to forgive sins. Indulgences are, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, 'closely linked to the effects of the sacrament of Penance.'

Briefly explain Thomas Aquinas’ theology of God

Simple, Infinite, Perfect, You can find traces of God in all things if you pay attention

Briefly explain Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of Grace , Reason, and Faith

Reason and Faith have a harmonious relationship that leads us to God, Grace is what God reveals to us.

Name 3 influences on Thomas Aquinas and how they contributed to his theology. 

Thomas Aquinas was influenced by Aristotle, (philosophy) Augustine(nature of evil) , Anselm of Canterbury (reason), all contributed to his theology of faith and philosophy.

Name 2 purposes for Aquinas’ writing of the Summa Theologiae.

• Pursue what relates to sacra doctrina as briefly and lucidly as time permits

• Aid those who teach young Dominican friars