Meet the Teacher(s)
This teacher was born in the town of Bethlehem, in the Roman province of Judea.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
This desirable trait is defined as "a good quality of the mind."
What is virtue?
Thomas Aquinas began each class lesson with this type of question.
What is a yes-no question?
This habit disposes us to choose wrongly and is the opposite of virtue.
What is vice?
According to John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, a tree will be cut down and burned unless it produces this.
What is good fruit?
This teacher was born in Italy, in the castle of Landulph, Count of Aquino.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
According to Aristotle, a virtue is more precisely this "quality of the mind."
What is a habit or disposition?
In the four Gospels, Jesus of Nazareth's teachings are presented in these extended passages of memorable "sayings."
What are discourses?
Sin is contrary to this aspect of human nature.
What is reason?
According to Thomas Aquinas, Adam needed God's grace to uphold him in this.
What is natural good or acquired virtue?
A famous medieval theologian died in a traffic mishap involving this domesticated equine.
What is a donkey?
Thomas Aquinas uses a definition of virtue originally written by this North African Church Father.
Who is Augustine of Hippo?
In Thomas Aquinas's major work of theology, this philosopher is referred to as "The Philosopher."
Who is Aristotle?
This type of sin disrupts the ordered parts of our soul.
What is venial sin?
According to Jesus of Nazareth, we must do this to "bear much fruit."
What is abiding in Christ?
Thomas Aquinas wrote this three-part book as a student's introduction to theology.
What is the Summa Theologica?
According to Jesus of Nazareth, those who enter God's kingdom must be more righteous than these categories of people.
What are the scribes and the Pharisees?
Through most of the Middle Ages, this French institution was the center of scholarship in Western Europe.
What is the University of Paris?
This type of sin destroys a principle of order in the soul.
What is mortal sin?
According to Thomas Aquinas, this type of human needs God's grace to heal their natures in order to avoid sin.
What are fallen humans?
This renowned teacher said that his "dumb ox" student would one day be heard throughout the world.
This kind of virtue is one "God works in us" and is contrasted by Thomas Aquinas with acquired virtue.
What is infused virtue?
Thomas Aquinas stopped writing his theological masterpiece after this life-changing event.
What is a vision of Jesus?
This principle of order helps us distinguish "perfect" virtues from vices and "imperfect" virtues.
What is a final end?
According to Thomas Aquinas, all humans need the grace of infused virtue to accomplish this.
What is "surpassing good"?