Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence, Part I by Vernon J. Bourke (English)

Description: Summa Contra Gentiles by Vernon J. Bourke, Thomas Aquinas This volume is the first part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the divine providence over all things, and manas relation to God. Book 1 of the Summa deals with God; Book 2, Creation; and Book 4, Salvation. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutionary work of Christian apologetics composed at the precise moment when Christian thought needed to be intellectually creative in order to master and assimilate the intelligence and wisdom of the Greeks and the Arabs. In the Summa Aquinas works to save and purify the thought of the Greeks and the Arabs in the higher light of Christian Revelation, confident that all that had been rational in the ancient philosophers and their followers would become more rational within Christianity. This exposition and defense of divine truth has two main parts: the consideration of that truth that faith professes and reason investigates, and the consideration of the truth that faith professes and reason is not competent to investigate. The exposition of truths accessible to natural reason occupies Aquinas in the first three books of the Summa. His method is to bring forward demonstrative and probable arguments, some of which are drawn from the philosophers, to convince the skeptic. In the fourth book of the Summa St. Thomas appeals to the authority of the Sacred Scripture for those divine truths that surpass the capacity of reason. The present volume is the first part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the divine providence over all things, and mana??s relation to God. Book 1 of the Summa deals with God; Book 2, Creation; and Book 4, Salvation. Author Biography St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a Doctor of the church. He was an Italian Dominican friar and Roman Catholic priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. Canonized in 1323 by Pope John XXII, Aquinas was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism.Vernon Joseph Bourke (1907-1998) was a Canadian-born American Thomist philosopher and professor at Saint Louis University. His area of expertise was ethics, and especially the moral philosophy of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. Long Description The Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutionary work of Christian apologetics composed at the precise moment when Christian thought needed to be intellectually creative in order to master and assimilate the intelligence and wisdom of the Greeks and the Arabs. In the Summa Aquinas works to save and purify the thought of the Greeks and the Arabs in the higher light of Christian Revelation, confident that all that had been rational in the ancient philosophers and their followers would become more rational within Christianity. This exposition and defense of divine truth has two main parts: the consideration of that truth that faith professes and reason investigates, and the consideration of the truth that faith professes and reason is not competent to investigate. The exposition of truths accessible to natural reason occupies Aquinas in the first three books of the Summa . His method is to bring forward demonstrative and probable arguments, some of which are drawn from the philosophers, to convince the skeptic. In the fourth book of the Summa St. Thomas appeals to the authority of the Sacred Scripture for those divine truths that surpass the capacity of reason. The present volume is the second part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the divine providence over all things, and mans relation to God. Book 1 of the Summa deals with God; Book 2, Creation; and Book 4, Salvation. Details ISBN0268016860 Publisher University of Notre Dame Press Series Summa Contra Gentiles Language English ISBN-10 0268016860 ISBN-13 9780268016869 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 239 Series Number 3 Imprint University of Notre Dame Press Place of Publication Notre Dame IN Country of Publication United States Translator Vernon J. Bourke Birth 1907 Death 1998 Short Title SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES Illustrations Illustrations, black and white DOI 10.1604/9780268016869 UK Release Date 1975-01-01 AU Release Date 1975-01-01 NZ Release Date 1975-01-01 US Release Date 1975-01-01 Year 1975 Publication Date 1975-01-01 Audience Undergraduate Author Thomas Aquinas Pages 278 Subtitle Book 3: Providence, Part I Alternative 9780268016852 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97646985;

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