Thomas Aquinas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Notes== {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=Pius XI|See Pius XI, ''Studiorum Ducem'' 11 (29 June 1923), AAS, XV ("non-modo Angelicum, sed etiam Communem seu Universalem Ecclesiae Doctorem"). The title {{lang|la|Doctor Communis}} dates to the fourteenth century; the title {{lang|la|Doctor Angelicus}} dates to the fifteenth century, see Walz, ''Xenia Thomistica'', III, p. 164 n. 4. [[Tolomeo da Lucca]] writes in ''Historia Ecclesiastica'' (1317): "This man is supreme among modern teachers of philosophy and theology, and indeed in every subject. And such is the common view and opinion, so that nowadays in the [[University of Paris]] they call him the {{lang|la|Doctor Communis}} because of the outstanding clarity of his teaching." ''Historia Eccles''. xxiii, c. 9.}} {{efn|name=qualities|Thomas does not ascribe actual qualities to God Himself.}} {{efn|name=objects|Even when we guide objects, in Thomas's view the source of all our knowledge comes from God as well.}} }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page