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[Today is] The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
Meam Commemorationem ^
| 1/28/2005
| Jeff
Posted on 01/28/2005 10:02:56 AM PST by sionnsar
Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican theologian, was born Thomas d'Aquino, the son of a baron, in his family's castle at Roccasecca, central Italy, in 1224 or 1225. At about the age of five, Thomas was placed by his parents in the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino. His uncle had been abbot of the monastery, and his family had similar ambitions for Thomas. When Monte Cassino became the scene of a battle between papal and imperial troops, however, Thomas withdrew and enrolled at the University of Naples in November of 1239, where he stayed until April of 1244. There he came into contact with members of the Dominican order and, against the opposition of his family, became a Dominican friar in late April of 1244. Shortly after, in May of 1244, his family intervened forcibly, having him abducted and detained thereafter at Roccasecca. ...
[Click through to read it all. --sionnsar]
(Excerpt) Read more at meam-commemorationem.blogspot.com ...
TOPICS: Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: anglican; aquinas; catholic; philosophy
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posted on
01/28/2005 10:02:57 AM PST
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sionnsar
To: ahadams2; ladyinred; Siamese Princess; Brian Allen; kalee; walden; tjwmason; proud_2_B_texasgal; ...
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01/28/2005 10:03:20 AM PST
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sionnsar
(† trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
To: sionnsar
Nice Blog *BUMP* ! Fantastic layout! Added to favorites and will add it to my own site as recommended reading.
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posted on
01/28/2005 10:33:12 AM PST
by
ex-Texan
(Image Worth is Equal to About One Thousand Words)
To: ex-Texan
Nice Blog *BUMP* ! Fantastic layout! Added to favorites and will add it to my own site as recommended reading.Exactly why I excerpt some postings -- they're sometimes much better read in the original.
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posted on
01/28/2005 11:58:24 AM PST
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sionnsar
(† trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
To: ex-Texan
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posted on
01/28/2005 11:59:12 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(† trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
To: sionnsar
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posted on
01/28/2005 12:07:27 PM PST
by
ex-Texan
(Image Worth is Equal to About One Thousand Words)
To: ex-Texan
Nice -- and bookmarked! Thanks.
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posted on
01/28/2005 12:19:55 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(† trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
To: sionnsar
It's also the birthday of my youngest child. :-)
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posted on
01/28/2005 12:46:28 PM PST
by
secret garden
(Go Spurs Go!)
To: sionnsar
fresco by Fra Lippi depicting the life of St Thomas. The fresco is located in a large Dominican church in Rome, Sta Maria Sopra Minerva
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posted on
01/28/2005 2:43:50 PM PST
by
sassbox
To: sionnsar
May the message of St. Thomas “to seek the truth in charity” penetrate our heart and mind.
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01/28/2008 5:24:51 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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posted on
01/29/2008 7:39:23 AM PST
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sionnsar
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To: sionnsar
I’m curious whose Kalendar has this? Ours celebrates St. Thomas, the Angelic Doctor, on March 7th.
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posted on
01/30/2008 4:40:20 AM PST
by
BelegStrongbow
(what part of 'mias gunaikos andra' do Episcopalians not understand?)
To: sionnsar
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posted on
01/30/2008 6:29:33 PM PST
by
Huber
(And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
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