I tonoa e Albertus e ona rangatira ki te whakaako i te studium generale hou i Cologne i 1248, i whai ia ia, i te whakahē i te tono a Pope Innocent IV ki te whakatu i a ia hei kaitiaki o Monte Cassino hei Dominican. Katahi ka tohua e Albertus te riria i a Thomas magister studenti magum. No te mea he ata noho a Thomas, kaore hoki i te korero nui, i whakaaro etahi o ona hoa akonga he puhoi ia. Engari i kii a Albertus: "Ka karanga koe ki a ia ko te kau poropiti, engari i roto i tana whakaakoranga ka puta mai i tetahi ra he korero kino ka rangona puta noa i te ao". I whakaakona a Thomas Thomas i roto i a Thomas Centius Dei hei kaiako i runga i te Tiamana o te Tiamana o te Ngai i te Whare Wānanga o St. James i Paris i te 1256, ka hoki mai a ia i tana mahi hei kaiwhakaako i runga i nga mahi a tona hoa rangatira i Paris, i whakaako ia i te pukapuka a Saint Thomas i roto i nga tau 1256 (A Commentaires sur la religion et les doctrines de
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