Monday, November 18, 2024

Theologian, teacher, and philosopher. Scholar. Mentor of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Pioneer in unifying faith and science in the Middle Ages

Theologian, teacher, and philosopher. Scholar. Mentor of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Pioneer in unifying faith and science in the Middle Ages
November 15th: Memorial of Saint Albertus Magnus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Gospel text
Mt 13,47-52
Jesus said to his disciples, «(…) Every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple of the Kingdom is like a householder who can produce from his store things both new and old».
Gospel's Commentary
Today, the Gospel reveals very well the work of St. Albertus Magnus, bishop and Doctor of the Church. By using up judgment at the service of the faith, he became an experienced sage in those aspects of natural sciences and of the science of thought. Faith is not closed to the natural realities of creation or to the manifestations of natural order. St. Albert was also the teacher of Thomas Aquinas, the "Doctor Angelicus": St. Thomas kept going on and led to very high levels this way of integration and complementarity between philosophy and theology.

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