Both Saint Thomas of Aquinas and Aristotle, beyond a reasonable doubt, saw the applied epistemology of Plato's Theory of Forms applied as reincarnation as problematic. Hence, Saint Thomas of Aquinas' large scale agreement with Aristotle and the council of Trent being both an acceptance of Saint Thomas of Aquinas' theology as biblically cannon and the Catholic norm while at the same rejecting reincarnation. "At the Council of Trent, Thomas had the honour of having his Summa Theologiae placed on the altar alongside the Bible and the Decretals. In his encyclical of 4 August 1879, Aeterni Patris, Pope Leo XIII stated that Thomas Aquinas's theology was a definitive exposition of Catholic doctrine"(Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas#:~:text=At%20the%20Council%20of%20Trent,definitive%20exposition%20of%20Catholic%20doctrine.)

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