Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages

Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages
Author: Taylor Marshall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9780988442511

Nevertheless, if you read this short book and understand what it lays out, you will be in the top 0.001% of people in the world who have a working knowledge of the philosophy and theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas. You will have the knowledge to pass a class called “Thomas Aquinas 101,” and you will be ready to study Thomas Aquinas at the collegiate level. You will have the building blocks to move forward. At the end of this book, I make practical recommendations to take it to the next level and recommend the next books to read.

Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing

Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing
Author: Thomas Aquinas
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1770486941

This volume contains new translations of the essential philosophical writings of Thomas Aquinas, from the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature. The included texts represent the breadth of Aquinas’s thought, addressing causality, the fundamental principles of nature, the existence of God, how God can be known, how language can be used to describe God, human nature (including the nature of the soul, free will, and epistemology), happiness, ethics, and natural law. The goal of these translations is twofold: to allow Aquinas to speak for himself, but also to make his thought accessible to the contemporary reader without the burden of unnecessary adherence to convention. A thorough introduction to Aquinas and his ideas is included, as is a series of useful appendices connecting Aquinas’s arguments to those of Anselm, Scotus, Ockham, and others.

Aquinas 101

Aquinas 101
Author: Francis John Selman
Publisher: Christian Classic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780870612435

Sprinkled amid the basic topics of St. Thomas's thought-knowledge of God, the virtues, good and evil, and the soul-are overlooked aspects of his philosophy such as angels, the emotions, the Old Law, and the resurrection. In Aquinas 101, Reverend Francis Selman highlights both the standard and neglected themes from one of the Catholic Church's greatest minds. The result is an engaging, readable, and immensely useful introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas that provides a broad overview for novices and fresh material for Aquinas scholars. Book jacket.

Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature

Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature
Author: Robert Pasnau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2002
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521001892

A major new study of Aquinas and his central project: the understanding of human nature.

12 Life Lessons from St. Thomas Aquinas

12 Life Lessons from St. Thomas Aquinas
Author: Kevin Vost
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1622828313

Here, Dr. Kevin Vost provides you with 12 essential life lessons, culled from the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. Together these lessons will elevate your mind, enrich your spirit, and teach you how to participate fully in the universal vocation to holiness and happiness. Distilling Thomas's timeless and unparalleled spiritual wisdom, Vost shows you: The things you must believe, know, and desire in order to be saved (and how to thoroughly attend to these in your daily life) Why you must be religious and not merely spiritual How sloth in particular can blind you to the highest meaning of life (and which virtues supply the antidote) The surprising and dreadful effects of wrath in your life How to recognize injustices you may be committing dailyand how to train yourself to fight those impulses

St. Thomas Aquinas for Everyone

St. Thomas Aquinas for Everyone
Author: Dave Palmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2016-04-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692687567

In the first book of lessons from the St. Thomas Aquinas for Everyone series, Dave Palmer provides 30 quick, fun and easy lessons for people of all ages who desire to learn how to find God in their everyday experiences using the timeless teachings of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas. These thirty lessons are based on the first half of the first part of St. Thomas' masterpiece, the Summa Theologica. Through fun activities, outdoor adventures, quotes from the Summa and 'Awe and Wonder' sections, the reader learns to practice a 'spirituality of awareness' in his or her everyday life, which means becoming aware of the countless ways God makes Himself present in our daily activities. These lessons train the reader to make life an exciting and meaningful journey back to He who is constantly calling us to Himself.

50 Questions on The Natural Law

50 Questions on The Natural Law
Author: Charles E. Rice
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2011-04-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1681490013

Charles Rice, professor of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas for the last twenty years at Notre Dame Law School, presents a very readable book on the natural law as seen through the teachings of Aquinas and their foundations in reason and Revelation. Reflecting on the most persistent questions asked by his students over the years, Rice shows how the natural law works and how it is rooted in the nature of the human person whose Creator provided this law as a sure and knowable guide for man to achieve his end of eternal happiness. This book presents the teachings of the Catholic Church in her role as arbiter of the applications of the natural law on issues involving the right to live, bioethics, the family and the economy. Charles Rice has produced a firmly grounded and accessible handbook which touches on the most important topics regarding natural law that will benefit readers of all backgrounds.

Saint Augustine in 50 Pages

Saint Augustine in 50 Pages
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1978-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780988442535

Augustine of Hippo, who, scarcely one year after his death, was called "one of the best teachers" of the Church by Pope Saint Celestine I, has been present ever since in the life of the Church and in the mind and culture of the whole western world. In a similar fashion, other Roman Pontiffs have proposed the example of his way of life and the writings that embody his teachings as an object of contemplation and imitation, and very many Councils have often drawn copiously from his writings. - Saint John Paul II

Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with St. Thomas Aquinas

Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with St. Thomas Aquinas
Author: Mike Aquilina
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692712818

Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui Down in adoration falling, Lo! The Sacred Host we hail These words, written by the great theologian St. Thomas Aquinas, have inspired millions over the past seven centuries. St. Thomas's devotion to the Eucharist was profound. His brother Dominicans recalled that he would spend long hours kneeling before the tabernacle. When he faced a particularly difficult problem, he would lean against the tabernacle, as if to rest against the Master's heart as did the Beloved Disciple at the Last Supper. Now St. Thomas's immortal poems of praise - in both their original Latin and stunning translation - have been assembled along with insightful meditations and commentary by Mike Aquilina in Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with St. Thomas Aquinas.