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The Summa Theologica: Volume 4
THE SUMMA VOLUME 4
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
A Complete Kindle E-Book Edition is
978-1-78379-009-8
The Summa Theologica, or 'Summary of Theology' was written from 1265 to 1274. It is the greatest achievement of Saint Thomas Aquinas and one of the most influential works of Western literature and Philosophy. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern Philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of Ethics, Natural Law, Metaphysics, and Political Theory.
It is intended as a manual for beginners in Theology and a Compendium of all of the main Theological teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. It presents the reasoning for almost all points of Christian Theology in the West. The book is famous, among other things, for its five arguments for the existence of God, the Quinque viae.
The Summa Theologica's topics follow a The Existence of God; Creation, Man; Man's Purpose; Christ; The Sacraments; and back to God.
Composed of 9 Volumes.
VOLUME 4
TREATISE ON LAW (QQ 90–108)
TREATISE ON GRACE (QQ[109]-114)
TREATISE ON THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (QQ[1]-46)
THE SUMMA VOLUMES 1 TO 9 BY SAINT THOMAS
COMPLETE EDITION KINDLE 978-1-78379-009-8
VOLUME 1 978-1-78379-336-5
VOLUME 2 978-1-78379-337-2
VOLUME 3 978-1-78379-338-9
VOLUME 4 978-1-78379-339-6
VOLUME 5 978-1-78379-340-2
VOLUME 6 978-1-78379-341-9
VOLUME 7 978-1-78379-342-6
VOLUME 8 978-1-78379-343-3
VOLUME 9 978-1-78379-344-0
CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING
PAPERBACK 6" x 9"
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
A Complete Kindle E-Book Edition is
978-1-78379-009-8
The Summa Theologica, or 'Summary of Theology' was written from 1265 to 1274. It is the greatest achievement of Saint Thomas Aquinas and one of the most influential works of Western literature and Philosophy. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern Philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of Ethics, Natural Law, Metaphysics, and Political Theory.
It is intended as a manual for beginners in Theology and a Compendium of all of the main Theological teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. It presents the reasoning for almost all points of Christian Theology in the West. The book is famous, among other things, for its five arguments for the existence of God, the Quinque viae.
The Summa Theologica's topics follow a The Existence of God; Creation, Man; Man's Purpose; Christ; The Sacraments; and back to God.
Composed of 9 Volumes.
VOLUME 4
TREATISE ON LAW (QQ 90–108)
TREATISE ON GRACE (QQ[109]-114)
TREATISE ON THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (QQ[1]-46)
THE SUMMA VOLUMES 1 TO 9 BY SAINT THOMAS
COMPLETE EDITION KINDLE 978-1-78379-009-8
VOLUME 1 978-1-78379-336-5
VOLUME 2 978-1-78379-337-2
VOLUME 3 978-1-78379-338-9
VOLUME 4 978-1-78379-339-6
VOLUME 5 978-1-78379-340-2
VOLUME 6 978-1-78379-341-9
VOLUME 7 978-1-78379-342-6
VOLUME 8 978-1-78379-343-3
VOLUME 9 978-1-78379-344-0
CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING
PAPERBACK 6" x 9"
828 pages, Paperback
Published January 29, 2014
About the author
Thomas Aquinas
2,446 books984 followersPhilosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican friar and theologian of Italy and the most influential thinker of the medieval period, combined doctrine of Aristotle and elements of Neoplatonism, a system that Plotinus and his successors developed and based on that of Plato, within a context of Christian thought; his works include the
Summa contra gentiles
(1259-1264) and the
Summa theologiae
or theologica (1266-1273).
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
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