Summa Of The Summa

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490250

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Summa of the Summa by Peter Kreeft Pdf

Saint Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. His major work, the Summa Theologica, is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This unique book combines selected essential philosophical passages from Thomas' Summa with footnotes and explanations by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. Kreeft selected those passages from Thomas that are intrinsically important, non-technical enough to be intelligible to modern readers, and most likely to be used in a class or by independent readers who want to study the Summa on their own. Kreeft's detailed footnotes explain difficult or technical passages and call attention to points of particular significance for the modern reader. This book is the most intelligent, clear, and useful access to Saint Thomas in print. Includes a glossary and an index. "This book differs from all other books on Saint Thomas because it gives the words of Thomas himself, not a modern summary, but pared down to essentials, and with footnotes which do what a professor in a class would do." - Peter Kreeft

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490236

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A Shorter Summa by Peter Kreeft Pdf

A shortened version of Kreeft's much larger Summa of the Summa, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages! (The Summa of the Summa was just over 500.) The Summa is certainly the greatest, most ambitious, most rational book of theology ever written. In it, there is also much philosophy, which is selected, excerpted, arranged, introduced, and explained in footnotes here by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. The Summa Theologica is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This little book is designed for beginners, either for classroom use or individually. It contains the most famous and influential passages of St. Thomas' philosophy with copious aids to understanding them.

Author : Paul J. Glenn,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Tour of the Summa by Paul J. Glenn,Aeterna Press Pdf

We may adapt a remark of St. Thomas Aquinas, and apply it to his own great work, the Summa Theologica: not everyone has talent to master this work; not everyone has a taste for the study it requires; not everyone has time to devote to such study. Aeterna Press

Author : Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 935724980X

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Summa Theologiae by Thomas Aquinas Pdf

"Summa Theologiae: Complete Set" is a comprehensive collection of Thomas Aquinas' monumental work, offering profound insights into Christian theology and philosophy. Dive into the brilliance of Aquinas as he explores the nature of God, moral theology, and the purpose of existence. This transformative set unveils the timeless wisdom of one of history's greatest theological minds.

Author : Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1420 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001620041

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Summa Theologica: Second part of the Second part, QQ. 1-189 and Third part, QQ. 1-90 by Saint Thomas (Aquinas) Pdf

Author : Saint Thomas (Aquinas),Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781587430350

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Holy Teaching by Saint Thomas (Aquinas),Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt Pdf

In the Summa theologiae, Aquinas attempts to set forth the whole of Christian theology in summary form. It was written, he says, for "the instruction of beginners," but few Christians today have the time or inclination to reach for the five thick volumes that comprise the standard English-language edition. In Holy Teaching, Frederick Bauerschmidt presents some choice selections from the Summa theologiae, along with commentary that unpacks the selections and places them in context. Holy Teaching is an ideal introduction to the work of Aquinas that will give students, pastors, and interested laypeople a greater appreciation for our common Christian inheritance.

Author : Jeffrey Hause
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107109261

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Aquinas's Summa Theologiae by Jeffrey Hause Pdf

Applies cutting-edge research and in-depth critical analysis to Aquinas' most influential work, engaging with ethics, metaphysics, theology, and law.

Author : Bernard McGinn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691191799

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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae by Bernard McGinn Pdf

This concise book tells the story of the most important theological work of the Middle Ages, the vast Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, which holds a unique place in Western religion and philosophy. Written between 1266 and 1273, the Summa was conceived by Aquinas as an instructional guide for teachers and novices and a compendium of all the approved teachings of the Catholic Church. It synthesizes an astonishing range of scholarship, covering hundreds of topics and containing more than a million and a half words--and was still unfinished at the time of Aquinas's death. Here, Bernard McGinn, one of today's most acclaimed scholars of medieval Christianity, vividly describes the world that shaped Aquinas, then turns to the Dominican friar's life and career, examining Aquinas's reasons for writing his masterpiece, its subject matter, and the novel way he organized it. McGinn gives readers a brief tour of the Summa itself, and then discusses its reception over the past seven hundred years. He looks at the influence of the Summa on such giants of medieval Christendom as Meister Eckhart, its ridicule during the Enlightenment, the rise and fall of Neothomism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the role of the Summa in the post-Vatican II church, and the book's enduring relevance today.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1587318253

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Summa Philosophica by Peter Kreeft Pdf

Author : Dr Rudi te Velde
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477686

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Aquinas on God by Dr Rudi te Velde Pdf

Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae – the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the Christian doctrine of God – Rudi te Velde acquaints the reader with Aquinas' theological understanding of God and the metaphysical principles and propositions that underlie his project. Aquinas' conception of God is dealt with not as an isolated metaphysical doctrine, but from the perspective of his broad theological view which underlies the scheme of the Summa. Readers interested in Aquinas, historical theology, metaphysics and metaphysical discourse on God in the Christian tradition will find this new contribution to the studies of Aquinas invaluable.

Author : St Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602065536

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Summa Theologica, Volume 1 by St Thomas Aquinas Pdf

"The Summa Theologica is the best-known work of Italian philosopher, scholar, and Dominican friar SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS (1225 1274), widely considered the Catholic Church s greatest theologian. Famously consulted (immediately after the Bible) on religious questions at the Council of Trent, Aquinas s masterpiece has been considered a summary of official Church philosophy ever since. Aquinas considers approximately 10,000 questions on Church doctrine covering the roles and nature of God, man, and Jesus, then lays out objections to Church teachings and systematically confronts each, using Biblical verses, theologians, and philosophers to bolster his arguments. In Volume I, Aquinas addresses: the existence and perfection of God the justice and mercy of God predestination the cause of evil the union of body and soul free will and fate and much more. This massive work of scholarship, spanning five volumes, addresses just about every possible query or argument that any believer or atheist could have, and remains essential, more than seven hundred years after it was written, for clergy, religious historians, and serious students of Catholic thought."

Author : Brian Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190456542

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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles by Brian Davies Pdf

The Summa Contra Gentiles, one of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologiae, is a philosophical and theological synthesis that examines what can be known of God both by reason and by divine revelation. A detailed expository account of and commentary on this famous work, Davies's book aims to help readers think about the value of the Summa Contra Gentiles (SCG) for themselves, relating the contents and teachings found in the SCG to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. Following a scholarly account of Aquinas's life and his likely intentions in writing the SCG, the volume works systematically through all four books of the text.

Author : Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493429059

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The Essential Summa Theologiae by Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt Pdf

Saint Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, the Summa theologiae, can be daunting to beginners. This volume by an expert on Aquinas's theology offers an ideal introduction. It presents key selections from the Summa along with accessible commentary designed to provide background, explain key concepts, and walk readers through Aquinas's arguments. Previously published as Holy Teaching, this new edition has been fully revised and includes a substantial amount of new material. The book draws from the entire Summa and incorporates selections that focus on moral theology, providing a fuller picture of Aquinas's thought.

Author : Philip McCosker,Denys Turner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521879637

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The Cambridge Companion to the Summa Theologiae by Philip McCosker,Denys Turner Pdf

Featuring essays from both specialists in Aquinas' thought and constructive contemporary theologians, this Companion provides an accessible, comprehensive guide to his main mature theological work, the Summa Theologiae. The authors demonstrate how to read the text effectively and how to relate it to past and current theological issues.

Author : Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1116 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732190321

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Summa Theologica Complete in a Single Volume by Thomas Aquinas Pdf

The Summa Theologica is a compendium of theology written by Thomas Aquinas between 1265 and 1273. In Roman Catholicism it is the sum of all known learning and doctrine, of all that can be known about God and humanity's relations with God -- a landmark in the history of theology that famously offers five proofs of God's existence, the first three of which are cosmological arguments; the fourth, a moral argument; and the fifth, a teleological argument. The third quarter of the thirteenth century marked the first decisive philosophical encounter between Hellenism and Christianity. The rediscovery of Aristotle's works after the Dark Ages ushered in a new era of intellectual fervor in Europe, and the work of Thomas Aquinas is a commentary on Aristotle, whose writings were lost to the non-Arabic world until the beginning of the Thirteenth Century. To many, Aristotle's worldview was a pagan threat to Christianity. To Aquinas, it provided an exciting cosmological framework on which to build an all-encompassing Christian worldview. His thoughts unfolding with a calmness of order and an assurance of judgment, Aquinas explores in the Summa the primary role of the senses in the acquisition of knowledge and the metaphysical analysis of things in terms of matter and form. But unlike Aristotle's "God," who did not care one whit about the world, the God of Christianity, insisted Aquinas, is a personal God. Like Aristotle, Aquinas believed that each human being has a soul and that all created things have a purpose. For Christians, all are part of a divine plan. This dazzling synthesis of Catholic doctrine has had a profound impact on Christian thinking since the thirteenth century and has become the de facto official teaching of the Catholic Church -- the intellectual underpinning of the Church to this day.