St. Thomas Aquinas The \"Summa Theologica\" . English Dominican c.1916 . II-II HC

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St. Thomas Aquinas The \"Summa Theologica\" . English Dominican c.1916 . II-II HC:
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The \"Summa Theologica\"

of

St. Thomas Aquinas

Part II. (Second Part) (9) (II.-II.)

Literally translated by

Fathers of the English Dominican Province

First Number (QQ. I.--XLVI.)

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. . Publishers to the Holy See c.1916

46 essays

This book covers the following:

The Summa, Part II: Ethics

Second part of Part II:

Treatise on the theological virtues (qq. 1 to 46)

\"The most accessible English translation . . .\"

The Summa Theologiæ (written 1265–1274 and also known as the Summa Theologica or simply the Summa) is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–

1274). Although unfinished, the Summa is \"one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature.\" It was

intended as an instructional guide for theology students, including seminarians and the literate laity. It was a compendium of all of the main theological teachings of

the Catholic Church. It presents the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West.

The Summa\'s topics follow a cycle: the existence of God; Creation, Man; Man\'s purpose; Christ; the Sacraments; and back to God.

The Summa is Aquinas\' \"most perfect work, the fruit of his mature years, in which the thought of his whole life is condensed\".

The most accessible English translation of the work is that originally published by Benziger Brothers, in five volumes, in 1911 (with a revised edition published in

1920). The translation is entirely the work of Laurence Shapcote (1864-1947), an English Dominican friar. Wanting to remain anonymous, however, the translation

was attributed to the Fathers of the English Dominican Province.

The Summa is composed of three major parts, each of which deals with a major subsection of Christian theology.

First Part (in Latin, Prima Pars): God\'s existence and nature; the creation of the world; angels; the nature of man

Second Part:

First part of the Second Part (Prima Secundae, often abbreviated Part I-II): general principles of morality (including a theory of law)

Second part of the Second Part (Secunda Secundae, or Part II-II): morality in particular, including individual virtues and vices

Third Part (Tertia Pars): the person and work of Christ, who is the way of man to God; the sacraments; the end of the world. Aquinas left this part unfinished.

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St. Thomas Aquinas The \"Summa Theologica\" . English Dominican c.1916 . II-II HC:
$27.48