Predestination (23) and the book of life (24). OPERATIONS (INTELLECT AND WILL): Providence (22), in respect to all created things for in the science of morals, after the moral virtues themselves, comes the consideration of prudence, to which providence belongs. Hence we shall first consider the love (20) of God, and secondly His justice and mercy (21).

In our own wills we find both the passions (such as joy and love), and the habits of the moral virtues (such as justice and fortitude).

The life of God (18), since to understand belongs to living beings. Truth (16) in God, for knowledge is of things that are true. The ideas (15), which exist in His knowledge. OPERATIONS (INTELLECT): God's knowledge (14). His immutability (9), and His eternity (10) following on His immutability. His perfection: and because everything in so far as it is perfect is called good, we shall speak of His goodness (6)-and goodness in general (5)-as well as His perfection (4). His simplicity (3) or lack of composition.

So to study Him, we study what He has not-such as composition and motion. The One GodĮSSENCE: We cannot know what God is, but only what He is not. Craig Paterson, PhD, General Editor.GENERAL: The nature and extent (1) of sacred doctrine. In reality it is a masterfully arranged exposition of theology and at the same time a detailed synthesis of Aristotelianism into a revised statement of Christian philosophy.Summa Theologica-Complete in 6 volumes. It provides the framework for Catholic studies in systematic theology and for a classical Christian philosophy, and is regularly consulted by scholars of all faiths and none, across a range of academic disciplines.Aquinas himself modestly considered it simply a manual of Christian doctrine for the use of students. The last item offers a theological foundation for the idea knowing God through the nature of His creation.Aquinas's Summa Theologica ranks among the greatest documents of the Christian Church, and is a landmark of medieval western thought. Within this Summary, Aquinas lays out the key aspects of Christian theology such as the 'Five Ways' (Aquinas's arguments for the existence of God) the divinity of Christ the relation between reason and faith and the principle of analogy. The title, Summa Theologica means the Summary or Totality of Theology. In his writing, Aquinas adapted the philosophy of Aristotle to the needs of the 13th century and its theology. 1225-1274) began writing his great Summa Theologica (or Summa Theologiae) in 1266 AD.

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