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Summa Theologica
by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The medieval synthesis of Aristotle and Christianity in question-and-answer form: God, creation, virtue, law, Christ. Read in selections.
Read it if…
you want the architecture of Catholic thought.
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Skip it if…
you want a single narrative; see Chesterton's Aquinas.
Try instead: What Good Is God? →
Three things you will actually use
- Objections first, then answer.
- Reason and faith cooperate.
- Law is ordered to the common good.
Do this first
Read the Five Ways and the Treatise on Law.
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The Summa.
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