Thomas Aquinas and The Conciliar Movement

Who Thomas Aquinas was

• philosopher and theologian
• 1225 - 1274
• from Italy
• authority of Roman Catholic church
• a prolific writer

What Thomas Aquinas did

• combined theological principles of faith
• with philosphical principles of reasoning
• he traveled, taught, wrote, public spoke, and preached
• proved the existence of God in 5 ways
• wrote 60 major works 

Significance of Thomas Aquinas

• one of the most influential medievil thinkers
• brought together principles of faith and reason
• discovered three types of laws: natural, positive, and eternal
• combined traditional theology with modern
• philiosophic thought

The Conciliar Movement

• https://animoto.com/play/5tMaRvThliMHMrrJlSymlQ

Conciliar Movement

• People felt like if the pope is a sinner then
• someone should have more power than him
• basically during this movement there were
• many different ideas about how the council
• should be with power against the pope

Movement

• this movement lead to the power of the
• church to sometimes be overtaken from the pope