Aquinas's Shorter Summa: Saint Thomas's Own Concise Version of His Summa Theologica (Paperback) by Saint Thomas Aquinas

from charlescf

This is a much shorter version of the more famous Summa Theologiæ, written by Saint Thomas as an effort to simplify his much more scholarly work. For Thomists, I heavily recommend this book as a way to extract the general ideas of Saint Thomas's thought on a particular subject, before filling in ...

from Fernanda

One of the best books about theology one could ever read.

from William

As a Christian, I was excited to explore my faith through the “greatest Christian philosopher.” Instead his book is just, “the Catholic Church is right about everything because anything else is impossible.” over and over. He never addresses any criticisms of Catholicism especially because most di...

from LegalMove

St. Thomas Aquinas' own attempt to condense the Summa Theologica. While the book retains the principles outlined in the full text, it loses some of its logical flow and power. Gaps in logic appear, and conclusions sometimes seem forced rather than necessary.

from charlescf

This is a much shorter version of the more famous Summa Theologiæ, written by Saint Thomas as an effort to simplify his much more scholarly work. For Thomists, I heavily recommend this book as a way to extract the general ideas of Saint Thomas's thought on a particular subject, before filling in ...