the end was near and extreme unction administered, Saint Thomaspronounced this act of faith: If in this world there be any knowledge of this sacrament stronger thanthat of faith, I wish now to use it in affirming that I firmly believe and know as certainthat Jesus Christ, True God and True man, Son of God and Son of the Virgin Mary, is inthis sacrament...I receive Thee, the price of my redemption, for Whose love I havewatched, studied and labored. Thee have I preached; Thee have I taught. Never have Isaid anything against Thee: if anything was not well said, that is to be attributed to myignorance. Neither do I wish to be obstinate in my opinions, but if I have writtenanything erroneous concerning this sacrament or other matters, I submit all to thejudgment and correction of the Holy Roman Church, in whose obedience I now pass fromthis life. He died on 7 March, 1274, and numerous miracles proved his sanctity. Hewas canonized in 1323. After some discussion between the monks of the house where hedied and those of his Order, his remains were transferred to the Dominican church inToulouse. The shrine built over the spot was destroyed during the French revolution andhis body was then moved to the Church of Saint Semin where it is today. A bone of hisleft arm is preserved in the cathedral of Naples and a bone of his right arm in Rome.The Nature and Method of the Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinasin his theology, St. Thomas Aquinas synthesizes various principles that characterize thevarious intellectual traditions which he appropriated. St. Thomas' theology is basedfundamentally on the authority of revelation, yet understood according to thephilosophical principle of instrumental causality. Theology begins with the truth ofSacred Doctrine, the truth of God's knowledge of Himself and of humans' as beingordered to Him as to an end. Since God alone can impart His knowledge of Himself, theact of revelation by which it is given, and the act of faith,...
