Saint Thomas Aquinas (; ; 1225 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name "Aquinas" identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio.

He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time, Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotlewhom he called "the Philosopher"and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. The works for which he is best known are the "Summa Theologiae" and the "Summa contra Gentiles". His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle form an important part of his body of work. Furthermore, Thomas is distinguished for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the Church's liturgy.

The Catholic Church honors Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards him as the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood, and indeed the highest expression of both natural reason and speculative theology. In modern times, under papal directives, the study of his works was long used as a core of the required program of study for those seeking ordination as priests or deacons, as well as for those in religious formation and for other students of the sacred disciplines (philosophy, Catholic theology, church history, liturgy, and canon law).

1. Did the Catholic Church give some major props to Aquinas?
2. What did it honor him as?
3. What type of teacher is he regarded as?
4. Is his work still studied today?
5. What's it used as a core program for?
6. What an example of a sacred discipline?
7. What's another?
8. Does Thomas think that reason is found in God?
9. Did he have any influence at all on Western thought?
10. How much?
11. What's he a proponent of?
12. What's an area that modern philosophy developed in based on his ideas?
13. What's another?
14. What did Thomas nickname Aristotle?
15. What's one of Thomas' best known works?
16. What's another one?
17. Did he compose any music?
18. What country did Thomas hail from?
19. What county was his ancestral origins?
20. What's it known as in the present?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Yes.
2. A saint.
3. The model teacher.
4. Yes.
5. For those seeking ordination as priests or deacons.
6. Philosophy.
7. Catholic theology.
8. Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Considerable.
11. Natural theology.
12. Ethics.
13. Natural law.
14. "The Philosopher."
15. The "Summa Theologiae."
16. The "Summa contra Gentiles."
17. Yes.
18. Italy.
19. Aquino.
20. Lazio.