Aquinas's Summa: Background, Structure, & Reception

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CUA Press, 2005 - Religion - 156 pages
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In this concise new volume by the acclaimed author of the biography of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Jean-Pierre Torrell brings his expertise to bear on Aquinas's Summa Theologiae.
 

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Contents

Early Formative Years I
4
Stay in Rome 12651268
11
Structures and Content I
17
God in His Work
24
The Second Volume
30
Structures and Content II
37
The Theological Virtues
42
Reasons of Appropriateness
51
Medieval Neoplatonism
78
Maimonides
84
The Beginnings ofThomism
90
Cajetan
96
The Jesuits and the Carmelites
103
First Fruits
114
Publications
124
Conclusion
131

A Sanctifying Reality
59
Questions and Quodlibets
65
The Bible
72
Index
139
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Jean-Pierre Torrell is a Dominican priest of the Toulouse province and professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. He is the author of the highly praised Saint Thomas Aquinas volumes published by CUA Press. Benedict M. Guevin, O.S.B., professor of theology at Saint Anselm College, is author of Christian Anthropology and Sexual Ethics.

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TitleAquinas's Summa: Background, Structure, & Reception
AuthorJean-Pierre Torrell (o.p.)
Translated byBenedict M. Guevin
PublisherCUA Press, 2005
ISBN0813213983, 9780813213989
Length156 pages
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Religion / Christian Theology / General
Religion / Christian Theology / History
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
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