Summa contra gentiles | work by Saint Thomas Aquinas | Britannica (original) (raw)
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In St. Thomas Aquinas the Summa theologiae and the Summa contra gentiles, for the classical systematization of Latin theology, and, as a poet, he wrote some of the most gravely beautiful eucharistic hymns in the church’s liturgy. His doctrinal system and the explanations and developments made by his followers are known as Thomism. Although… Read More
In education: Thomist philosophy …the Summa theologiae and the _Summa contra gentiles_—Aquinas tried to synthesize reason and faith, philosophy and theology, university and monastery, and activity and contemplation. In his writings, however, faith and theology ultimately took precedence over reason and philosophy because the former were presumed to give access to truths that were… Read More
medieval philosophy
In Western philosophy: Thomas Aquinas , Summa theologiae) and Summa contra gentiles (1258–64; Summa Against the Gentiles). In these works he clearly distinguished between the domains and methods of philosophy and theology. The philosopher seeks the first causes of things, beginning with data furnished by the senses; the subject of the theologian’s inquiry is… Read More
Thomism
In Thomism: Thomism in the 16th century …latter’s classic commentary on Aquinas’s Summa contra gentiles (c. 1258–64; “On the Truth of the Catholic Faith”) showed the importance of this work for the relation of faith and philosophy, the meaning of personhood, and the desire of God. Read More
