Do you need to have a Thomistic view of God to be Catholic?

of course you don't need to be a strict scholastic or palamite to be catholic but a interesting exercise in reconcilling both nevertheless:
arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas.htm

No. Thomist is just a view.
There are lots of other views like the sccotist, mollinist etc.

The 5 proofs just show its possible to prove rationally that God exists.
The rest comes later once one accepts this logical conclusion. Namely why God decided to create the world? He wasn't forced to or needed because that would contradict the very nature of God, so He did it out of an act of his will, and since God is Good itself than he created the world out of Love. And then we could go on and then explain why we should accept the scriptures and everything else comes along.

Never heard of it.
It must be about absolute simplicity. There are tons of stuff about that.

These are totally retarded
the 5 proofs aren't meant to prove the Trinity, we can't know that by reason alone, St. Thomas says this. This is like the idea of thomism someone gets from watching short youtube videos or reading a summary by an athiest.

You can't get faith by reason either, this is also thomism, it's an infused theological virtue.
Jay dyer is totally ignorant and by listening to him you seem to be catching it.

Video I linked goes over what the thomism understanding of faith is.

Sorry but you are too ignorant to judge how fairly complex philosophical schools are, Thomism is true and has been affirmed by many Popes but you can in a way be Catholic and not be a thomist, just probably not a very good one.

Stop reading e celebs and if you want to understand theology read plato, aristotle, plotinus, the Church Fathers, and the Doctors of the Church. (yes it isn't easy, that's why the Church used to require approval for anyone speaking publicly about theology)

Check out Thomistic Institute if you want some great audio based explanations of things from the thomistic perspective though
thomisticinstitute.org/tracks

soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/sets/fr-thomas-joseph-white-op
This series is a good general introduction to metaphysics

Energy/essence is as old as Protestantism and was only rejected because of everyone against it was "too latin"
It was literally invented by some rich kid in the 1400s

Good talk on the thomistic view of the trinity which might be relevant

Why do new Christians always seem to try to delve into either esoteric principles or focus on philosophical minutia? You do realize that you need to learn how to add and subtract before you dive into calculus, right? Learn the basics first. You have an entire lifetime to worry about the deeper stuff.

Not 100% all the times, but it's the system that can explain things the best.
I really like the thomist explanation on the Trinity.

Take note OP, that this is the sect you're considering joining. One that's already judging and scolding you for merely expressing interest and clarification.

Nevermind all these convoluted issues about divine simplicity vs energies/essences, it's the fruits of the doctrine of original sin in the West that you see being played out in this thread that you should be concerned about. May the Lord guide you to the truth my brother.

Oh come on stop the crying.
Was the other user wrong pointing out that Jay Dyer doesn't know what thomist is?
Except the church never said that. Nor it can since there are other points of view that are in harmony with the faith.
What is the orthodox problem with philosophy? Are you guys against knowledge or something? What the hell? How do you guys expect to refute heretics if you don't study philosophy.
Most heresies in the early Church couldn't be attacked if the Fathers didn't know Platonism which was the basis of many heresies.
We couldn't try to convert Muslims if we didn't understand Aristoteles or his way of thinking.
Besides those philosophies can be adapted to Christianity and thus having a solid rational basis to defend Christianity against our enemies.