Medieval Theologians
Thomas Aquinas
The Dominican master whose Summa orders the whole of Christian teaching with unmatched clarity and calm.
Boethius
A Roman statesman who wrote, while awaiting execution, the Consolation of Philosophy, along with careful theological tractates.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
The unknown author whose writings on the divine names and the heavenly hierarchies shaped mystical theology East and West.
Thomas a Kempis
The likely author of The Imitation of Christ, a quiet book that has outlived nearly every other.