St. Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest intellects in Christian history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue their discussion of the saint and what he had to say about hidden or "occult" mysteries such as astrology, crystal healing, amulets, demons, ghosts, and psychic powers.AI-powered
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St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult, Part 2
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
What Did Aquinas Say About Astrology?
Almost everybody in europe believed in astrology back then. Astronomy and astrology were not distinguished from each other. Plato and aristotle considered astronomy slash astrology as simply part of mathematics. In aquinas's day, the question wouldn't make any more sense than 'do you believe in astronomy' or do you believe in mathematics? Because some of the things that astrologers claimed were true and some were false.
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