Eight hundred years since the birth of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
The novelty of the ethical conception of Thomas Aquinas is also contained in the fact that there is also a place in it for "non-Christian", lay ethics that (attract) man to the good, but by itself is not sufficient for the realization of eternal salvation. For that, God's grace is needed, which perfects the "theological" virtues: faith as a supernatural gift, hope that carries us with optimism and energy, and love, the greatest and most beautiful gift that God gave to man.