Benedict XVI today resumed his catechesis on the theologians of the medieval period and explained in St. Peter's Square, some aspects of the figure and work of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Pope said that in the school of Albert the Great, the Saint had a role of essential importance for the history of philosophy and theology thoroughly studying Aristotle and his commentators, acquiring Latin translations of original texts in Greek; he commented most of Aristotle works, distinguishing what was good from what was to be doubted or rejected outright, showing the consonance with the data of Christian revelation and using widely and acutely Aristotelian thought in his own theological writings. Ultimately, Aquin ...
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