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Thomas Aquinas:

    { 1 } - thought the existence of God could be proved a priori.
    { 2 } - was a Jesuit.
    { 3 } - is the author of the ontological argument.
    { 4 } - is the author of a Summa Theologica.
    { 5 } - was the Bishop of Aquino, Italy.

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Thomas Aquinas:

No, Thomas' ways for proving the existence of God were a posteriori, that is they argued from what came afterwards, effects, to what came before, the cause.

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Thomas Aquinas:

    { 1 } - thought the existence of God could be proved a priori.
    { 2 } - was a Jesuit.
    { 3 } - is the author of the ontological argument.
    { 4 } - is the author of a Summa Theologica.
    { 5 } - was the Bishop of Aquino, Italy.

No, he was a Dominican.

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Thomas Aquinas:

    { 1 } - thought the existence of God could be proved a priori.
    { 2 } - was a Jesuit.
    { 3 } - is the author of the ontological argument.
    { 4 } - is the author of a Summa Theologica.
    { 5 } - was the Bishop of Aquino, Italy.

No, he even rejected what seems to be Anselm's version of the ontological argument.

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Thomas Aquinas:

    { 1 } - thought the existence of God could be proved a priori.
    { 2 } - was a Jesuit.
    { 3 } - is the author of the ontological argument.
    { 4 } - is the author of a Summa Theologica.
    { 5 } - was the Bishop of Aquino, Italy.

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Thomas Aquinas:

    { 1 } - thought the existence of God could be proved a priori.
    { 2 } - was a Jesuit.
    { 3 } - is the author of the ontological argument.
    { 4 } - is the author of a Summa Theologica.
    { 5 } - was the Bishop of Aquino, Italy.

No, he was the son of the Count of Aquino. He was a priest, but never a bishop.

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