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A portrait of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas wears a cape with a sun emblem in the front. He holds a large school building in his right hand and a book in his left hand. He is looking up toward the sky to the left.
The figure in this painting is St. Thomas Aquinas.
He appears to be holding a school and a Bible. These objects symbolize the importance he placed on
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These objects symbolize the importance he placed on the harmony of faith and reason — on learning (scholastic education) and Scripture/theology.
The school represents academic study and the university tradition; the book stands for the Bible and theological scholarship, reflecting Aquinas’s effort to unite philosophy with Christian revelation.
The school represents academic study and the university tradition; the book stands for the Bible and theological scholarship, reflecting Aquinas’s effort to unite philosophy with Christian revelation.
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