Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas – Faith, Reason, and Natural Theology
Top Christian Theologians by Theme and Denomination 1. Introduction Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Dominican friar and scholastic philosopher, is widely considered the most influential Catholic theologian of the medieval period. His work synthesised Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology, laying the intellectual foundation for the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine and shaping subsequent…
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Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas
Part I: The Existence and Nature of God Aquinas begins with foundational questions about God’s existence. He presents five classical arguments (the “Five Ways”) for the existence of God, including the argument from motion, causation, contingency, degree, and teleology. He discusses God’s simplicity, perfection, goodness, and omnipotence, establishing the essential…
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Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas 1. Full Citation Aquinas, T. (1265–1274) Summa Theologica. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1920). New York: Benziger Bros. [Reprinted variously in modern editions]. 2. Introduction Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica is a monumental work of medieval theology and arguably the most comprehensive and…