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St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor Angelicus
Dominican friar, philosopher and theologian. To think he was set to become a Benedictine abbot, instead he joined the unlikely poor friars of the Dominicans to become part of the radical mission in preaching the word of Christ.
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I was not as familiar with this St. Thomas back then, but now knowing a lot more, I'm becoming so fond of him and his life.
#el gordo Tommy my dear man#so many people don't understand you#they'll be like “he destroys heretics with facts and logic!”#and I'll be like he once was so sad he couldn't sing in choir with his brothers#because he was sick#that he started writing a treatise on the angels because it was the best hecould do#christianity#catholicism#saints