Kontekst prawniczej wiedzy św. Tomasza z Akwinu
Context of Legal Knowledge of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Summary/Abstract: In this article author is attempting to show the context and the sources of the legal knowledgeacquired by Saint Thomas Aquinas. It is certain that Thomas had not studied law, but it is obviousas well that he used the sources of Roman and Canon law frequently in his own studies. The authorbelieves that the Aquinas’s knowledge of law is natural consequence of three circumstance. First ofall, Saint Thomas’s life occurred in the so-called “epoch of the law”. Secondly, he was a member ofthe Dominican Order which always emphasised the need of study which help the friars to preachmore accurately Word of God. Finally, in the times of Thomas Aquinas many friars entered theOrder as a professional lawyers and canonists who by no means shared their knowledge of lawwith brothers.

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