St. Thomas

Virgin Islands capital

St.

Thomas refers to one of the U.S.

Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, a popular cruise destination known for its harbor at Charlotte Amalie.

It also names numerous places worldwide—cities, parishes, universities—honoring Thomas the Apostle, the disciple famous for doubting Christ's resurrection until he could touch the wounds himself.

island

Caribbean

Tropical Atlantic region

cruise ships · tourism · snorkeling · duty-free · resorts · paradise · sailing · coral reefs · palm trees · scuba diving

apostle

disciple

Committed follower of teaching

India · Christianity · Jesus · Gospel · evangelist · witness · preaching · church · relics · feast day

Aquinas

Summa Theologica

Aquinas's comprehensive theological synthesis

Dominican · Aristotelianism · natural law · metaphysics · ethics · Catholicism · medieval · university · commentaries · virtue

doubt

skepticism

Disposition toward doubt

proof · wounds · seeing is believing · touch · evidence · disbelief · verification · resurrection · empirical · scrutiny

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GEOGRAPHIC INSULARITY (US Virgin Islands)

St. Thomascontinental United States

Contiguous American states

stateside · Puerto Rico · Florida · terra firma

APOSTOLIC FAITH DISPOSITION (Thomas the Apostle)

St. ThomasSt. Peter

Heaven's traditional gatekeeper

St. John · Abraham · St. Croix · Mary Magdalene

THEOLOGICAL METHOD (Thomas Aquinas)

St. ThomasSt. Francis of Assisi

Mendicant order founder

William of Ockham · Pseudo-Dionysius · Martin Luther · Duns Scotus · Blaise Pascal

Family

St., Thomas, sainthood, saintliness, saints

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