The Scope of the Concept of Beauty in the Bible and ItsImpact on Aquinas's Aesthetics

Among different sources the one which made a considerable impactupon Aquinas’ aesthetics is the teachings of the Bible. Aquinas hasalways tried to prove that these teachings are compatible withphilosophical thought’s achievements on God, universe and human.This idea is also applicable to aesthetics. This article is to validate theclaim about existence of several words in the Bible which are translatedas "beauty" and are referring to different dimensions of meaning.Accordingly, variant and different referents about beauty can be foundin the Bible. In this respect, the discussion of beauty explores a largedimension of meaning in Aquinas’ perspective. The most importantaesthetic referents in the Bible include the beauty of God the Sun as thesecond person of trinity, beauty of universe and beauty of human.Accordingly, we are encountering the same variety of beauty inAquinas’s aesthetics. In respect of appointing referents of beauty, thesort of relation and their relationship with each other, and theirclassification, Aquinas has considerably followed the Holy Bible’steachings and has matched his ideas with.