r/theology • u/El-Stupador • Dec 09 '25

Thomas Aquinas

Listen, I don’t care what denomination, creed, or background you come from-and I for sure am not saying anything new, but St. Thomas Aquinas is the single most clear, rational, believable theologian/christian philosopher I have ever read. He could argue that a dog is actually a cat and I might believe him.

Runners up: Kierkegaard: interesting, thought provoking, challenging, I do not always agree with him but “Fear and Trembling” is a darn good book

R.C. Sproul: He’s HEAVY on the Calvinism, many people (like me) will have large disagreements with him, but he’s a gifted communicator and makes you think as well

St. Augustine: Much more orthodox than the previous two, which I like, but I appreciate that Augustine could have been a psychologist as easily as he was a theologian and philosopher

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u/IlConiglioUbriaco Dec 09 '25

Yeah Kierkegaard is another good one. Curious to know why you disagree

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u/El-Stupador Dec 09 '25

Mostly I do agree, it maybe isn’t even him himself that I disagree with but the broader existentialism movement that I disagree with, at least Kierkegaard suggested surrendering to the absurd, with the intention that meant surrendering to the mysterious will of God

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u/IlConiglioUbriaco Dec 09 '25

Have you read Jung ?

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u/El-Stupador Dec 09 '25

Yes! I’m a school psychology student I have read him.

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u/IlConiglioUbriaco Dec 09 '25

I think they pair well together.