The Sacrament which is most central to the life of the Catholic Church is the Eucharist celebrated at every Mass. It is a re-presentation of the Last Supper that Jesus ate with His disciples …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
In my last post, I bemoaned the misconceptions under which Hollywood labors when averring that anyone disagreeing with Saint Thomas Aquinas’s faced testicular peril from the medieval Church (…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
June 14, 2020 – Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Christ) The Eucharistic miracle of Bolsena from frescos in the Cathedral of Orvieto Saint Thomas Aquinas had a part…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Friar, Priest, Philosopher, Theologian, Poet, Mystic, Saint Saint Thomas Aquinas was a 13th century Dominican Friar, philosopher and theologian. Named a Doctor of the Church and given the title …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
On the Power of God, Question 3, Article 5 Whether there can be anything which is not created by God. It seems so: Objections: Since a cause is more powerful than its effect, that which is possible…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Thomistic Psychology The Aristotelian/Thomistic account of the soul is part and parcel of Natural Philosophy. It makes use, therefore, of the notions of matter and form, potency and act. Arist…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
To Know the Truth of Things: An Overview of the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Forthcoming) The study of philosophy aims not at knowing what men have thought, but what the truth of things is. …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Joseph Magee, PhD Since 1996, I have written, produced, and maintained the Thomistic Philosophy Page. I earned my PhD from the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of Saint Thomas, Housto…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
I noted on the actual — that is to say, observed (by the Holy Church of Rome) — Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas on January 28, 2022 and 2021, that that date is not the one on which the An…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Diplomats and Heretics The Dominican Order, i.e., the Order of Friars Preachers, was founded by St. Dominic de Guzman (c.1170-1221), a canon or secular (i.e., diocesan) priest of the Cathedral of O…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Saint Thomas Aquinas and Angels By Joseph M. Magee, PhD The fact that Saint Thomas is called the Angelic Doctor is not due to his cherubic physique alone. Rather, he spent a considerable amount of …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Today is the Feast Day of Pope Saint Pius V. He is the greatest of the four Dominicans to be elected pope. He reigned as pontiff during one of the most difficult times in the history of the C…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
The holy relic of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s skull is continuing its world tour to celebrate the Triple Jubilee of the 700th anniversary of his canonization in 1323, the 750th anniversary of his …| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Today, the second Sunday after Pentecost, is the Solemnity of Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or in Latin, Corpus Christi. As I posted a few years ago, Saint Thomas Aquinas had a particular dev…| Thomistic Philosophy Page
Today, January 28, marks the annual celebration of the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, source, inspiration and patron of the Thomistic Philosophy Page. Saint Thomas was proclaimed a Doctor of the Ch…| Thomistic Philosophy Page