The work is mammoth. It is also intricately arranged, akin to the structure of a medieval cathedral. Like Chartes, a tour of the Summa can be daunting initially. Bernard McGinn is a warm and ...

During his general audience on June 23, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on St. Thomas Aquinas. He spoke about Aquinas’ monumental work, the Summa Theologiae, which reflects his serene ...

Taken as a whole, the Summa Theologica overwhelms most readers. So take one bite at a time. Many theologians and philosophers in St. Thomas’s time wrote Summas. A Summa is simply a summary. It is more ...

A “biography” of Thomas Aquinas’s masterwork. Much-remarked about Princeton's series on religious classics is the cleverness of offering "biographies" of books. Once upon a time, critical theory ...

Late have I loved him—or later, at least, than a lot of people. I was 27 years old when I first sat down to read the work of St. Thomas Aquinas seriously. At that point, having grown up in the ...

(The Conversation) — In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics. (The Conversation) — Once, on a road trip in Greece, I ...

COMMENTARY: Part 4 in a Register series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote about Understanding in his master work 'Summa Theologiae.' (photo: Detail of painting by Fra ...

Wuhan (Agenzia Fides) - "Openness, inclusiveness, innovation, rationality" and many other characteristics of the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) were the focus of the "Fifth National ...