On Faith
GBP 90.00
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ISBN13: | 9780268020507 |
ISBN10: | 0268020507 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 294 pages |
Size: | 216x140x21 mm |
Weight: | 666 g |
Language: | English |
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A new translation of St. Thomas Aquinas's classic treatise provides a clear and accessible exploration of the theological virtue of faith.
The organization of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae is a remarkable feat of clarity in comparison with its predecessors. Although Aquinas incorporates materials from very different theological traditions he reduces all of these topics to a concise and clear plan. Mark D. Jordan's translation, On Faith, captures this clarity, Aquinas' most characteristic achievement. v. 1. On faith, Summa theologiae, part 2-2, questions 1-16 of St. Thomas Aquinas.
"Jordan's translation of the treatise on faith meets an important need. . . . The notes and index of authoritative sources . . . help the student appreciate how much Aquinas depended on his theological and cultural forerunners. [Jordan's] brief introduction to each 'key authority': Scripture, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Gregory the Great . . . provides the essentials which a beginner in medieval studies requires to read Aquinas's own text intelligently. . . . Those who teach the theological virtues will welcome this volume as a textbook for classroom use." ?The Thomist