Would it be okay if Church theoogy wasn't based on Aquinas but on someone more recent?

[LongingSoul]

I think I remember hearing once that Thomas Aquinas works are what the Church bases a ot of it’s philosophy on to this day.However I sort of feel a little bit that seeing as how this was someone from the Middle Ages al the works he did while good are…(I don’t know how to put this ‘~’)…a bit “incompete” for nowadays ?.Why don’t we switch to having Church philosophy based on someone from the eary 1700’s and onwards?.Is it b/c there hasn’t reay been anyone who’s produced the same leve of significantly impacting stuff as Aquinas since?.

I think we are a blessed generation to have experienced first hand the incredible influence of Bl. John Paul II on the Churchs understanding of the nature of reality. His explorations in phenomenology and personalism I’m sure will prove to be an important development to Aquinas view of metaphysical realities. It’s one of the things I’m most excited about in Catholicism in this age. I especially think Theology of the Body will be one of the most influencial writings of the future Church.

 

[Richca]

I think I remember hearing once that Thomas Aquinas works are what the Church bases a ot of it’s philosophy on to this day.However I sort of feel a little bit that seeing as how this was someone from the Middle Ages al the works he did while good are…(I don’t know how to put this ‘~’)…a bit “incompete” for nowadays ?.Why don’t we switch to having Church philosophy based on someone from the eary 1700’s and onwards?.Is it b/c there hasn’t reay been anyone who’s produced the same leve of significantly impacting stuff as Aquinas since?.

St Thomas Aquinas had a brillant intellect, he was a man of common sense and his philosophy is guided by the truths of the Catholic faith. Modern philosophy which I believe is generally associated with the philosophy of Rene Descartes and succeeding philosophical systems after him lack common sense as well as the guidance of the Catholic faith. This is why there arose a multitude of philosophical systems in the modern era.
Not a few popes have declared that to stray from the philosophical principles of Thomas Aquinas is to stray from the truth. This is why his philosophy is taught in seminaries. Not without reason is he called the Angelic and Universal Doctor.
I refer you to Pope Leo XIII encyclical “On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy”
papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13cph.htm

 

[DanAl]

I think I remember hearing once that Thomas Aquinas works are what the Church bases a ot of it’s philosophy on to this day.However I sort of feel a little bit that seeing as how this was someone from the Middle Ages al the works he did while good are…(I don’t know how to put this ‘~’)…a bit “incompete” for nowadays ?.Why don’t we switch to having Church philosophy based on someone from the eary 1700’s and onwards?.Is it b/c there hasn’t reay been anyone who’s produced the same leve of significantly impacting stuff as Aquinas since?.

The great popularity of Aquinas is somewhat of a recent phenomenon, it began with several positive things several popes said in the last century, don’t believe that myth that the summa was put besides the bible in the council of trident. Philosophy has deteriorated in some aspects but has improved in others, specially modal logic and epistemology. I prefer Duns Scotus and Francisco Suarez over Aquinas, but, they are not exactly the latest new flavor in philosophy/theology.

 

[LegoGE1947]

We can’t change a hair on our heads, we are not the creator. Only the creator can change our souls. That is what it means.

A shoe repair service can change our “soles”!

 

[mytruepower2]

I think I remember hearing once that Thomas Aquinas works are what the Church bases a ot of it’s philosophy on to this day.However I sort of feel a little bit that seeing as how this was someone from the Middle Ages al the works he did while good are…(I don’t know how to put this ‘~’)…a bit “incompete” for nowadays ?.Why don’t we switch to having Church philosophy based on someone from the eary 1700’s and onwards?.Is it b/c there hasn’t reay been anyone who’s produced the same leve of significantly impacting stuff as Aquinas since?.

Authentic philosophy is based on the search for truth. If someone discovered the truth, and did so on many issues, it really doesn’t matter how long ago it was. Aquinas himself built on the work of Aristotle and Augustine, over 800 years before.

Likewise, there have been people since who’ve built on the work of Aquinas in some ways, while departing from them in others, such as John Duns Scotus. Still, the hard core of Thomism remains intact today, and a solid foundation for intellectually-justifiable belief. I see no reason to change it.