The work is mammoth. It is also intricately arranged, akin to the structure of a medieval cathedral. Like Chartes, a tour of the Summa can be daunting initially. Bernard McGinn is a warm and ...

During his general audience on June 23, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on St. Thomas Aquinas. He spoke about Aquinas’ monumental work, the Summa Theologiae, which reflects his serene ...

"Endeavoring to avoid these and other like faults, we shall try, by God's help, to set forth whatever is included in this sacred doctrine as briefly and clearly as the matter itself may allow" [1].

Summa Theologica Part I (Prima Pars) Thomas Aquinas - The Summa Theologiae (Latin: Compendium of Theology or Theological Compendium; also subsequently called the Summa Theologica or simply the Summa, ...

A “biography” of Thomas Aquinas’s masterwork. Much-remarked about Princeton's series on religious classics is the cleverness of offering "biographies" of books. Once upon a time, critical theory ...

Taken as a whole, the Summa Theologica overwhelms most readers. So take one bite at a time. Many theologians and philosophers in St. Thomas’s time wrote Summas. A Summa is simply a summary. It is more ...

EVERY January 28, the Church celebrates St Thomas Aquinas — doctor of the Church, patron saint of students, distinguished philosopher and theologian and author of the monumental Summa Theologica. St ...

Late have I loved him—or later, at least, than a lot of people. I was 27 years old when I first sat down to read the work of St. Thomas Aquinas seriously. At that point, having grown up in the ...

Wuhan (Agenzia Fides) - "Openness, inclusiveness, innovation, rationality" and many other characteristics of the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) were the focus of the "Fifth National ...