"Dearest brethren, how great the delight, how great the pleasure, how great the sweetness that is in the heavenly words of wisdom!"

Known as the "Angelic Doctor", St. Thomas Aquinas is arguably the most influential theologian and philosopher that the Church has ever seen. His sermons exhibit everything one would expect from Aquinas: references throughout to Aristotle, careful enumeration and categorization, and nearly every point substantiated with a direct scriptural quotation. In this sermon, Aquinas demonstrates just how much can be unpacked from five simple words: "Heaven and earth will pass."

Translation courtesy of Catholic University of America Press: https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-academic-sermons-aquinas-hoogland/

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