Summa Theologiae
Composed 1265-1273 in three parts (Prima Pars, Prima Secundae + Secunda Secundae, Tertia Pars). Each part is divided into Quaestiones (~119, 114, 189, 90 respectively), each Quaestio into Articuli, each Article into a fixed dialectical structure: Videtur quod… (objections) / Sed contra / Respondeo dicendum / Ad primum… (replies). English rendered from the Dominican Fathers' 1920s translation (newadvent.org); Latin from the Vivès edition (Paris, apud Ludovicum Vivès, 1871-1880).
Source context· Greco-Christian stream · Greco-Latin cultural age
- Stream
- Greco-Christian
- Cultural age
- Greco-Latin (4th post-Atlantean cultural age)
- Composed
- c. 1268 CE
Prima Pars
Prima Pars — God, creation, the angels, man
The 119 questions on God in himself (Q1-43: the divine essence, the Trinity), on the procession of creatures from God (Q44-49), on the angels (Q50-64), on the six days of creation (Q65-74), and on man as the rational creature standing on the horizon of spirit and matter (Q75-119).
117 sections · 830,835 words
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Prima Secundae — the human act, passions, habits, law, grace
The first part of the moral theology. 114 questions on man's last end (Q1-5), on human acts (Q6-21), on the passions (Q22-48), on habits and virtues (Q49-89), on law (Q90-108, including the Treatise on Law), and on grace (Q109-114).
114 sections · 824,157 words
Read →Secunda Secundae
Secunda Secundae — the virtues, in particular
The second part of the moral theology, treating each virtue in concrete detail. 189 questions on the theological virtues (Q1-46: faith, hope, charity), the cardinal virtues (Q47-170: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance), and the special states of life (Q171-189).
184 sections · 1,299,959 words
Read →Tertia Pars
Tertia Pars — Christ, the sacraments (incomplete)
The Christology and sacramental theology. 90 questions on the Incarnation (Q1-26), on Christ's life (Q27-59), and on the sacraments — baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist (Q60-90). Left incomplete at Aquinas's mystical experience of 6 December 1273, after which he declared his work straw; the Supplementum compiled posthumously by Reginald of Piperno from the Scriptum super Sententiis is held in the local CLI but not yet aligned to PD English.
90 sections · 613,676 words
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