Aquinas Institute Opera Omnia Project: Summa Contra Gentiles, Commentary on the Sentences, and Opuscula I Treatises (7 vols.)

by Thomas Aquinas

Publishers:

Aquinas Institute; Emmaus Academic

, 2018

Overview

The bilingual format of The Aquinas Institute’s Latin-English editions of Aquinas’s works makes the writings of this intellectual giant accessible to a broader audience than ever before in history. Aquinas’s writings are a great resource for pastors, seminarians, or anyone who seeks a deeper intellectual reflection on Scripture and theology.

Key Features

• Explores the nature and attributes of God
• Features a simplified version of the Summa Theologiae
• Includes Latin text and English translation

Product Details

• Title: Aquinas Institute Opera Omnia Project: Summa Contra Gentiles, Commentary on the Sentences, and Opuscula I Treatises (7 vols.)
• Author: Thomas Aquinas
• Series: Latin-English Opera Omnia
• Publisher: Emmaus Road
• Volumes: 7
• Pages: 3,392
• Christian Group: Catholic

Commentary on the Sentences, Book IV (4 vols.)

• Author: Thomas Aquinas
• Translator: Beth Mortensen
• Series: Latin-English Opera Omnia
• Publisher: Emmaus Road
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 2,000

The Sentences of Peter Lombard was the standard theological text from the twelfth through the fifteenth century (and even well beyond that in some places); producing a commentary on it was the equivalent of a doctoral dissertation, since it qualified the commentator to teach at the university level. Accordingly, all of the famous medieval scholastics, from Alexander of Hales to John Duns Scotus to William of Ockham, produced their own commentaries on the Sentences. Appearing for the first time in English, this volume features a bilingual Latin-English edition of Aquinas’ first major work, the Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.

Opuscula I Treatises

• Author: Thomas Aquinas
• Series: Latin-English Opera Omnia
• Publisher: Emmaus Road
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 424

This first volume of the smaller works of Thomas Aquinas includes the famous Compendium of Theology: the theological work Aquinas wrote at the request of his secretary, Reginald. It is basically a simplified version of the Summa Theologiae, since his secretary had requested a work on theology in less dense terms. This volume also contains the treatises On the Principles of Nature, On Being and Essence, On Separate Substances, and On Kingship.

Summa Contra Gentiles, Books 1–4

• Author: Thomas Aquinas
• Series: Latin-English Opera Omnia
• Publisher: Emmaus Road
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 968

The Summa Contra Gentiles is the second of Thomas Aquinas’s three great theological syntheses, written after his Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard and before his Summa Theologiae. The Summa Contra Gentiles is commonly thought to be composed with a missionary intention, possibly for the use of Thomas’s brethren in their work of explaining the faith to non-Christians, especially Muslims in Spain. Book 1 treats of God in himself as reason can know him. Book 2 deals with God’s work of creation from the perspective of what can be known on the basis of human reason. Book 3 treats of God’s providence over all of creation from the perspective of what can be known on the basis of human reason. Book 4 treats of matters of faith surpassing human reason: the Trinity of Persons in God, the Incarnation of the Divine Word, the Work of Salvation, and the Last Things.

About Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas entered the Benedictine abbey of Montecassino at the age of five to begin his studies. He was transferred to the University of Naples at age 16, where he became acquainted with the revival of Aristotle and the Order of the Dominicans. Aquinas went on to study in Cologne in 1244 and Paris in 1245. He then returned to Cologne in 1248, where he became a lecturer.

Aquinas’ career as a theologian took him all over Europe. In addition to regularly lecturing and teaching in cities throughout Europe, Aquinas participated regularly in public life and advised both kings and popes. Thomas Aquinas also profoundly influenced the history of Protestantism. He wrote prolifically on the relationship between faith and reason, as well as the theological and philosophical issues which defined the Reformation.

Thomas Aquinas is most well-known for his monumental works Summa Theologica and Summa contra Gentiles