Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was an Italian philosopher and theologian known as the Angelic Doctor, who became one of the preeminent spokesmen of the Catholic tradition of reason and divine revelation. He joined the Dominican order and studied under Albert the Great in Paris and Cologne, later teaching at the University of Paris and serving as a papal advisor. He is best known for his monumental works including the Summa Theologiae and Summa contra Gentiles, which combined theological principles of faith with philosophical principles of reason, making him one of the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism.