Catholic Thinkers

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I am compiling a list of the greatest Catholic thinkers in history. Who would you nominate?

I'll start:

St. Thomas Aquinas

 

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Scott Hahn

 

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St Augustine

 

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William F. Buckley Jr.

 

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St. John of the Cross

 

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St. John Chrysostom

 

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Dietrich von Hildebrand

 

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Fr. Matthias Scheeben

 

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great thread. In no paticular order. . .
-Frederick copleston
-Peter Kreeft
-Karl Keeting
-Scott Hahn
-Thomas howard
-Newman
-Knox
-chesterton
-guardini
-Ratzinger
-Karl adam
-louis bouyer
-St. Augustine
-richard john neuhaus
-stanley l. jaki
-george ritler
-christopher buckley
-thomas howard
-edward t. oakes
-amy welborn
-J.A. Gray
-benjamin wiker

 

[Sandlapper277]

Have to add St. Athanasius, St. Josemaría Escrivá, and St. Robert Bellarmine

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Karl Rahner

Bon Hoffer

 

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Teresa of Avila
Therese of Lisuex (sp?)
St. John of the Cross.
St. Francis.
St. Thomas Aquinas.
St. Augustine.
Pope JPII
Scott Hann
Fr. Groeschel (sp?)

Peace

 

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Karl Rahner

no thanks

 

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Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

 

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St. Alphonsus de Ligouri

 

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JPII
Chesterton

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by FullyMT
Karl Rahner


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Thank you for that!

 

[karla]

Pope JPII
St. Thomas Aquinas
Mother Teresa

 

[MikeK]

Jesus was up there.

 

[Swoosh]

Great responses! I recently had to complete an assignment for class listing some of the greatest thinkers in history which got me thinking about this. Many of those people were on my list.