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St. Thomas Aquinas Church (other)
A list of Christian church buildings or ecclesiastical parishes named in honour of Saint Thomas Aquinas or having him as their patron. To be distinguished from similarly named lists of churches whose patron is * Saint Thomas the Apostle – see St. Thomas' Church * Saint Thomas Becket – see St Thomas à Becket Church. They are listed by country below. Australia * St Thomas Aquinas Church, Springwood Canada * St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Toronto France * Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, Paris Philippines * Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish Church, Santo Tomas, Batangas * Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish Church, Mangaldan, Pangasinan * Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish Church, Santo Tomas, Pangasinan Spain * Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, Zaragoza United Kingdom * St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham, London * St Thomas Aquinas & St Stephen Harding Church, Market Drayton, Shropshire United States * St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel (Ojai, California) * St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Palo Alto, California) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known within the tradition as the , the , and the . The name ''Aquinas'' identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy. Among other things, he was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. He argued that God is the source of both the light of natural reason and the light of faith. He has been described as "the most influential thinker of the medieval period" and "the greatest of the medieval philosopher-theologians". His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy is derived from his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas The Apostle
Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twin"; grc-x-koine, Θωμᾶς),; cop, ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ; mal, തോമാ ശ്ലീഹാ also known as (Greek: Δίδυμος ''Didymos,'' meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "Doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of Jesus Christ when he was told of it (as is related in the Gospel of John); he later confessed his faith ("My Lord and my God") on seeing the wounds left over from the crucifixion. According to traditional accounts of the Saint Thomas Christians of modern-day Kerala in India, Saint Thomas travelled outside the Roman Empire to preach the Gospel, travelling as far as the Tamilakam which is in South India, and reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II, King of England, over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after his death, he was canonised by Pope Alexander III. Sources The main sources for the life of Becket are a number of biographies written by contemporaries. A few of these documents are by unknown writers, although traditional historiography has given them names. The known biographers are John of Salisbury, Edward Grim, Benedict of Peterborough, William of Canterbury, William fitzStephen, Guernes of Pont-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Thomas à Becket Church (other)
St Thomas à Becket Church may refer to many churches in the United Kingdom, named for Saint Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket or Thomas à Becket, and St Thomas the Martyr. * St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe, Bath * Church of St Thomas à Becket, Box, Wiltshire *St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol *Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel, Kent * St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Chester * Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Clapham, Bedfordshire * Church of St Thomas, Dudley, West Midlands *St Thomas of Canterbury, Elsfield, Oxfordshire *Church of St Thomas à Becket, Church of St Thomas a Becket *St Thomas' Church, Southwark, London * Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Newcastle upon Tyne *Sts Thomas Minster, Newport, Isle of Wight, which may ambiguously have St Thomas à Becket or St Thomas the Apostle as its patron *Church of St Thomas à Becket, Newton Tracey *St Thomas à Becket Church, Northaw * St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford * St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
