Thomas Aquinas: Episode Four
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.8 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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🗺️ Thomas Aquinas - Episode Four: The Dumb Ox
Aquino, Italy. 1245. The new year finds Thomas still locked in the castle tower, determined to stay until his brothers relent. But his sister Theodora has other ideas. With the help of some adventurous Dominican friars, she has a plan to free Thomas, and to send him to the safety of Paris, where he’ll be able to study and follow God’s call.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas shows us that faith and reason are not enemies, but allies in the pursuit of truth. Although he faced severe opposition for being a Dominican and for his interest in Greek philosophy, he offered his brilliant mind to the service of Christ and His Church. His life reminds us that true wisdom begins in prayer, deepens through study, and ends in love.
This series contains moments of intensity and raised voices. Several characters mock the Dominicans and other mendicant orders. Thomas’ classmates call him ‘Dumb Ox,’ which becomes a famous nickname of his. Thomas is imprisoned by his own family for joining the Dominicans. Thomas’ brothers hire a woman to visit him in his cell and tempt him away from chastity. He chases her out of the room with a log from the fire. Several characters’ out-of-scene deaths are mentioned.
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| 0:00.0 | Aquino, Italy, 1245. |
| 0:06.0 | The new year finds Thomas still locked in the castle tower, determined to stay until his brothers |
| 0:13.2 | relent, but his sister Theodora has other ideas. |
| 0:17.0 | With the help of some adventurous Dominican friars, she has a plan to free Thomas |
| 0:23.6 | and send him to the safety of Paris, where he'll be able to study and follow God's call. The Saints. |
| 0:38.4 | Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:41.4 | Thomas Aquinas. |
| 0:43.4 | Episode four, The Dumb Ox. |
| 0:46.9 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the Saintspodcast.com. |
| 0:53.4 | Brought to you by Colby Academy. |
| 0:55.4 | No matter how your child learns, Colby is here to customize their education to suit their needs. |
| 1:02.3 | Schedule a free consultation at the Saintspodcast.com slash Colby. The Lord is just in all his ways, merciful in all his works. |
| 1:23.0 | The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. |
| 1:33.3 | Thomas! |
| 1:35.3 | Theodora! |
| 1:36.3 | I've had enough of this! |
| 1:37.3 | What's wrong, Theodora? It's late. It's past midnight. |
| 1:40.3 | I heard what they did. It's wrong. It's terribly wrong to keep you here, a prisoner of |
| 1:44.9 | your own family, and to tempt you. Nothing happened, sister. The poor woman was frightened, |
| 1:51.0 | but that's all. No harm was done. I'm helping you escape. How? Rinaldo and Landauv were called |
| 1:58.0 | back to Naples to join the Imperial Army. Oh, slow down, Theodora. |
| 2:02.8 | If I did escape the tower, what happens next? |
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