Companion To The Summa Theologica Vol 4

It is not hard to admire St. Thomas Aquinas immovably caught in the splendor of a stained-glass window; it is easy to pay tribute to his Summa Theologica as long as it remains high on a bookshelf giving character to a library. Under these circumstances, we of the twenty first century can read about them both, talk about them enthusiastically, but pretty much leave them both alone. To have Thomas walking among us, his book opened on our desks for serious study, now that is altogether something else.Aquinas is one who regardless of your placement on your spiritual journey. Aquinas is the basis for so much of what we have come to regard as dogma. This work is essential to not only understanding Aquinas's other works, but also our own journey. These issues, which he presents are not only fundamental, for many they are stumbling blocks, for others, they tend to be work around issues. These writings are the basics and yet essential works out of the plethora of works Aquinas has written.

Featuring essays from both specialists in Aquinas' thought and constructive contemporary theologians, this Companion provides an accessible, comprehensive guide to his main mature theological work, the Summa Theologiae. The authors demonstrate how to read the text effectively and how to relate it to past and current theological issues.

Volume three (3) of this meagalithic work by a fellow Dominican. This work shall comprise (4) four volumes and is only now re-edited and made available for print within the last 50 plus years. This is an excellent book regarding not only Thomas, but how to use his work in today's life.

Paperback reissue of one volume of the English Dominicans' Latin/English edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae.

"This whole work is not ... about the Summa, but the Summa itself reduced to popular language."--Foreword, v. 3.

Fr. Walter Farrell's popularized work from the 1940's reprinted for study today. This volume covers the Summa Theologica IIIa and Supplement

"This whole work is not ... about the Summa, but the Summa itself reduced to popular language."--Foreword, v. 3.