After all, Thomas Aquinas is known as the “Angelic Doctor” due to his virtues, particularly his purity and profound intellectual work, and his comprehensive theological writings on angels.

After all, Thomas Aquinas is known as the “Angelic Doctor” due to his virtues, particularly his purity and profound intellectual work, and his comprehensive theological writings on angels.

The skull of St. Thomas Aquinas is on a three-week tour throughout the United States in a rare chance for people to see a first-class relic of a Doctor of the Church.

"There is no break when Thomas moves from the professor's chair to that of preacher," notes Torrell. For Aquinas, his spiritual doctrine and his theology are inextricably tied to one another.