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Thomas Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles : a guide and commentary / Brian Davies.
Van Pelt Library BX1749.T45 D38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Brian, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa contra gentiles.
- Thomas.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Summa contra gentiles (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint).
- Apologetics--Early works to 1800.
- Apologetics.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 485 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- The Summa contra Gentiles and its context
- Approaching the question of God's existence (SCG, 1,10-12)
- Arguing for God's existence (SCG, 1,13)
- God as eternal and simple (SCG, 1,14-27)
- Talking about God (SCG, 1,28-36)
- Goodness, oneness and infinity (SCG, 1,37-43)
- God's knowledge (SCG, 1,44-71)
- God's will, life, and blessedness (SCG, 1,72-102)
- God as omnipotent creator (SCG, 2,1-29)
- Necessity in creatures, the eternity of the world, and distinctions among creatures (SCG, 2,30-45)
- Intellectual creatures (SCG, 2,46-101)
- Agents, ends, evil, and good (SCG, 3,1-15)
- The end of all things and of people in particular (SCG, 3,16-63)
- Providence at work (SCG, 3,64-110)
- Providence in relation to rational creatures (SCG, 3,111-163)
- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG, 4,2-26)
- God incarnate (SCG, 4,27-49)
- The fittingness of the incarnation, sacraments, Resurrection, and the final state of all people and of the world (SCG, 4,50-97).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190456542
- 019045654X
- 9780190456535
- 0190456531
- OCLC:
- 927381654
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