The writings of John Paul II display the contemporary relevance of truths set forth by Aquinas in the thirteenth century. 

This should not come as a surprise: Aquinas's theology possesses an extraordinary appreciation of biblical revelation and the patristic witness, as well as keen metaphysical penetration. John Paul II's endlessly creative mind extends and develops these crucial insights of Aquinas with an intelligence worthy in every way of the great Medieval thinker.