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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.

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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
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Tommaso d'Aquino
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