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Summa Contra Gentiles, by Thomas Aquinas (4 Vols.) |
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As the most influential apologetic work of the Western Church, the Summa Contra Gentiles has shaped and defined theological and philosophical enquiry for hundreds of years. This vast work aims to establish the truth of the Christian religion by laying out a defense of the Christian faith from the perspective of both faith and reason. In doing so, Thomas Aquinas engages intelligent non-Christian thinkers in the clearest manner, and helps establish the method, purpose, and grounding for both theology and philosophy. |
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The Summa Contra Gentiles is divided into four books. In the first three books, Aquinas is concerned the lay out a defense of the Christian faith from the perspective of natural theology—the common ground between “Christians and infidels.” These books contain arguments for the existence of God, discussions of ethics and morality, and other statements about God and the world which can be derived from the faculties of reason. Each section describes and defends God’s knowledge, God’s actions in creation, and the purpose and fulfillment—the telos—of all things in God. The fourth and final book of Summa Contra Gentiles delineates the knowledge received through divine revelation, such as the Incarnation, the Trinity, and the Resurrection.
Logos is pleased to offer the English translation of the Summa Contra Gentiles by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province—the first unabridged English translation. This translation was first published during the 1920s by Burns Oates & Washbourne and has been reprinted numerous times throughout the twentieth century.
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Key Features Included
- Translation by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- The edition published by Burns, Oates & Washbourne during the 1920s and widely reprinted
- All references to the Church Fathers and other early and medieval text are linked
- Scripture references linked to the Bibles in your library
Praise for Thomas Aquinas
Perhaps no other man ever came so near to calling the Creator by his own name . . .
—G. K. Chesterton
St. Thomas is important for us today precisely because of our lack. Timeless truth is always timely, of course, but some aspects of truth are especially needed at some times, and it seems that our times badly need seven Thomistic syntheses: (1) of faith and reason, (2) of the biblical and the classical, (3) of the ideals of clarity and profundity, (4) of common sense and technical sophistication, (5) of theory and practice, (6) of an understanding, intuitive vision and a demanding, accurate logic, and (7) of the one and the many, a cosmic unity or ‘big picture’ and carefully sorted out distinctions. I think it a safe judgment that no one in the entire history of human thought has ever succeeded better than St. Thomas in making not just one but all seven of these marriages which are essential to health and happiness.
—Peter Kreeft
Electronic Titles Included
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Summa Contra Gentiles: The First Book
- Author: Thomas Aquinas, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- Publisher: London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1924
- 214 pages
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Summa Contra Gentiles: The Second Book
- Author: Thomas Aquinas, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- Publisher: London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1923
- 305 pages
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Summa Contra Gentiles: The Third Book
- Author: Thomas Aquinas, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- Publisher: London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1928
- 425 pages
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Summa Contra Gentiles: The Fourth Book
- Author: Thomas Aquinas, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province
- Publisher: London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1929
- 321 pages
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Additional Information
- Title: The Summa Contra Gentiles of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Literally Translated by the English Dominican Fathers from the Latest Leonine Edition
- Publisher: London: Burns Oates & Washbourne
- 4 volumes
- 1,265 pages
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Sample Pages from the Print Edition
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