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An altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century)
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QUOTE: “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.”
AUTHOR: Saint Thomas Aquinas O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; ca. 1225 – 7
March 1274) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican
Order, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition
of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis. He is
frequently referred to as Thomas because "Aquinas" refers to his
residence rather than his surname. He was the foremost classical proponent of
natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and
theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern
philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his
ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.
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