It is an earlier work, but thomass ideas did not change radically, and a comparison of the basic doctrines does not reveal any wide discrepancy. Read a brief overview of the philosopher, or longer summaries of major works context summa theologica. His summa contra gentiles is remarkable as an attempt to demonstrate to nonbelievers the reasonableness of the christian faith. Vernon j bourke the summa contra gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of christian. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading summa contra gentiles. Summa theologica, 02 pars prima, trinity and creation. Summa contra gentiles i, 19 university of notre dame. A distinctive feature of aquinass summa contra gentiles. Thomas aquinas summa contra gentiles, book i, chapters 19. The summa contra gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of christian doctrine that st. Thinking the need over, i turned to the summa contra gentiles. The summa contra gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of christian doctrine that.
It seeks to describe the relationship between god and man and to explain how mans. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of thomas aquinas c. The summa theologiae is the bestknown work of thomas aquinas c. A reader can start anywhere with aquinass writings and be able to follow his theory.
Some of our beliefs about god are beyond the ability. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Summa contra gentiles 53 editions by thomas aquinas, joseph rickaby, cyrille michon, vincent aubin, denis moreau go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. On the way in which the divine truth is to be known.
Thomas aquinas, summa contra gentiles i summa contra gentiles i, chaps. The summa contra gentiles is one of the bestknown treatises by st thomas aquinas, written as four books between 1259 and 1265. Click download or read online button to get summa contra gentiles 2 book now. Summa contra gentiles 2 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. The summa theologica, as its title indicates, is a theological summary.
A further motive, quite unexpected, was supplied by the university of oxford in 1902 placing the summa contra gentiles. The summa theologica or the summa theologiae or simply the summa, written 12651274 is the most famous work of thomas aquinas c. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutiona, isbn 9780268016845 buy the summa contra gentiles. I was led to it by the encyclical of leo xiii, aeterni patris, urging the study of st thomas. Dive deep into thomas aquinas summa contra gentiles with extended analysis. From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the sparknotes thomas aquinas c. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutionary work of christian apologetics. Pegis notes in his introduction to the english translation, the work has posed two. C j oneil the summa contra gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of christian doctrine that st. Summa theologica 02 pars prima, trinity and creation saint thomas aquinas 1225 1274, translated by the fathers of the english dominican province the summa theologica or the summa.
1158 356 792 123 677 65 412 1343 1300 931 794 526 1246 1605 1341 21 742 886 1017 612 890 1555 1386 1386 922 774 430 550 348 1424 529 405 1192 551 691 96 298 815 201 836 1164 1141 1197 1103 411 1448 1495 1292 1031 252 793