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History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Both in respect of morals and education the clergy, during the period following the year 1450, showed improvement over the age of the Avignon captivity and the papal schism.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Evil Evil, in a large sense, may be described as the sum of the opposition, which experience shows to exist in the universe, to the desires and needs of individuals; whence arises, among humans beings at least, the sufferings in which life abounds.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Bl. John Duns Scotus Surnamed DOCTOR SUBTILIS, died 8 November, 1308; he was the founder and leader of the famous Scotist School, which had its chief representatives among the Franciscans.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Logic Logic is the science and art which so directs the mind in the process of reasoning and subsidiary processes as to enable it to attain clearness, consistency, and validity in those processes.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular sense, as (1) the achievements of what is termed the modern spirit in opposition to the spirit which prevailed during the Middle Ages; or (2) the revival of classic, especially of Greek, learning and the recovery of ancient art in the departments of sculpture, painting, and architecture,…
Dionysius the Areopagite: On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology by Rolt, Clarence Edwin (1880-1917)
CHAPTER VII Concerning “Wisdom,” “Mind,” “Reason,” “Truth,” “Faith.” 1. Now, if it like thee, let us consider the Good and Eternal Life as Wise and as Very Wisdom, or rather as the Fount of all wisdom and as Transcending all wisdom and understanding.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church; born at Aosta a Burgundian town on the confines of Lombardy, died 21 April, 1109. His father, Gundulf, was a Lombard who had become a citizen of Aosta, and his mother, Ermenberga, came of an old Burgundian family.
Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by Alexander, William (1824-1911)
"Dum Magistri super pectus Fontem haurit intellectûs Et doctrinæ flumina, Fiunt, ipso situ loci, Verbo fides, auris voci, Mens Deo contermina. "Unde mentis per excessus, Carnis, sensûs super gressus, Errorumque nubila, Contra veri solis lumen Visum cordis et acumen Figit velut aquila." Adam of St.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VII. Modern Christianity. The German Reformation by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... . He wrote a standard commentary on the Summa of Thomas Aquinas (which is frequently appended to the Summa ...
Systematic Theology - Volume I by Hodge, Charles (1797-1878)
... contentus loco, sed in seipso ubique totus.” Thomas Aquinas says, Summa, I. viii. 3, edit. Cologne, 1640, p ...