Thomas Aquinas
Catholic

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Dominican · Doctor of the Church
1225–1274

Dominican friar and theologian; his Summa Theologica is the high-scholastic synthesis of Catholic doctrine, including the treatise on the Eucharist.

Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274 1274
“And this is done by Divine power in this sacrament; for the whole substance of the bread is changed into the whole substance of Christ's body, and the whole substance of the wine into the whole substance of Christ's blood. Hence this is not a formal, but a substantial conversion; nor is it a kind of natural movement: but, with a name of its own, it can be called "transubstantiation."”
Summa Theologica, Summa Theologica III, q. 75, a. 4 PD · Fathers of the English Dominican Province (Shapcote) ↗
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke
1843 · PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843)
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Summa Theologica
1920 · PD · Fathers of the English Dominican Province (Shapcote)
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Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew
1841 · PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841)
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Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark
1842 · PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842)
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Catena Aurea: Gospel of John
1845 · PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845)
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