selections from the Summa theologica of Thomas Aquinas /
First Statement of Responsibility
Translated and edited by A.M. Fairweather.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia:
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Westminster Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1954]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
386 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
The Library of Christian classics ;
Volume Designation
v. 11
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
On spine: Aquinas on nature and grace.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this volume we have sought to present the view taken by Thomas Aquinas of the moral and spiritual world in which we live, and of the conditions of man's self-realization which are consequent upon it. The final end of man lies in God, through whom alone he is and lives, and by whose help alone he can attain his end. The teaching of Aquinas concerning the moral and spiritual order stands in sharp contrast to all views, ancient or modern, which cannot do justice to the difference between the divine and the creaturely without appearing to regard them as essentially antagonistic as well as discontinuous. For Aquinas, no such opposition obtains between God and the world which he has made. - General introduction.