Author: St. Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologiae (Latin: Compendium of Theology or Theological Compendium; also subsequently called the Summa Theologica or simply the Summa, written 1265-1274) is the best-known work of Thomas A …

According to Wikipedia: ‘The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265-1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) although it was never finished. …

Thomas Aquinas  (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. An immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the traditio …

When Our Lord was tempted in the desert, the devil offered Him ‘all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.’ (Mt 4:8-9) It stands to reason that Satan was able to offer Jesus earthly kingdoms beca …

In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theologi …

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussi …

This early work of philosophy is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains metaphysical ideas of being and essence by influential philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. Th …

Book Two of the Summa Contra Gentiles series examines God’s freedom in creation, his power as creator of all things, and the nature of man, particularly the unity of soul and body within man.The Summ …

Book One of the Summa Contra Gentiles series studies God’s existence, nature, and substance, his perfect actuality, the autonomy of his knowledge, the independence of his will, the perfection of his …

In this translation of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s The Treatise on Law, R. J. Henle, S.J., a well-known authority on philosophy and jurisprudence, fluently and accurately presents the Latin and English tr …

Book Three, Part 1 of the Summa Contra Gentiles series is the first part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the divine providence over all things, and man’s relation to God.The Summa Contra …

Book Three, Part 2 of the Summa Contra Gentiles series is the second part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the divine providence over all things, and man’s relation to God.The Summa Contra …

Book Four of the Summa Contra Gentiles examines what God has revealed through scripture, specifically the Trinity, the Incarnation, and the end of the world.The Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely th …

Many great thinkers have wrestled with the topic of evil. St. Thomas Aquinas’s disputed question On Evil merges as the longest and most comprehensive study on the subject of evil available.This long- …

The Treatise on Happiness and the accompanying Treatise on Human Acts comprise the first twenty-one questions of I-II of the Summa Theologiae. From his careful consideration of what true happiness is …