Summa Theologica - 04 Pars Prima, On Man. [Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province]
This work has several references to other works, appearing in the form of abbreviations. Please check the second post below or click HERE for instructions on how to read them. Thanks!The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasonings for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God.(Summary adapted from the Wikipedia)
This is part five of six parts of the Pars Prima, consisting of the Treatise on Man.
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