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Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas was the first Catholic theologian and philosopher to marry together the concepts of reason and faith. He understood how the secular world could offer the believer an expansion of knowledge in how observable phenomena around us can help explain the divine.

His approach to spirituality greatly influenced other thinkers who may have felt conflict between religious dogma and the world of scientific discovery...



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