The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Miracles are signs not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Suppose a person entering a house were to feel heat on the porch, and going further, were to feel the heat increasing, the more they penetrated within. Doubtless, such a person would believe there was a fire in the house, even though they did not see the fire that must be causing all this heat. A similar thing will happen to anyone who considers this world in detail: one will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)

Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.

Thomas Aquinas (Priest, 1225 – 1274)