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St. Thomas

NOUN
  1. the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)

How To Use St. Thomas In A Sentence

  • Three pilot whales beached on St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, coincident with Navy maneuvers.
  • Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports.
  • The gospel is incensed to signify the sweet odour which it communicates to our souls; and the ministers of God, to signify, according to St. Thomas, that God maketh manifest _the odour_ of his knowledge by us in every place: "For we are unto God _the good odour_ of Christ in them who are saved, and in them who perish". The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
  • Ten miles on our way, and we came to a newly laid out village, called St. Thomas, from whence we pursued our journey through a new country to Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
  • According to the opinion of St. Thomas, which is the more common one among theologians, it is not necessary, in order to be morally good, that an act should be referred to a positively good end. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
  • A Cordelier has no hesitation in applying the epithet of blasphemer to a Dominican who says that the Holy Virgin was born in original sin, notwithstanding that the Dominicans have a bull from the pope which permits them to teach the maculate conception in their convents, and that, besides this bull, they have in their forum the express declaration of St. Thomas Aquinas. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • St. Thomas lived a life of austerity; his fasts, for instance, being in marked contrast to the luxury in which he might have lived if he chose.
  • St. Thomas's Day, 21st December, is still at Otterbourne held as the day for "gooding," when each poor house-mother can demand sixpence from the well-to-do towards her Christmas dinner. John Keble's Parishes
  • The original object of the subcinctorium was, as St. Thomas explicitly says, to secure the stole to the cincture. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
  • No. This place exists: it is called St. Thomas, and it is where we Hell Week survivors were sent for ten glorious weeks of training. f We actually did train. Rogue Warrior
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