Summa Theologica in Brief

As part of our series on how God exists and the divine essence we delve into two articles on the infinity of God. This is the first of those two articles on His infinity. On the divine essence, we learned so far about the simplicity of God, His perfection, and His goodness. Today, in Question … Continue reading "The Infinity of God"

For the first twenty-six blogs in our examination of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, we are discussing God and His perfections. Currently, we are on the topic of how God exists and his divine essence. We’ve discussed his simplicity and continue to discuss his perfection today in this blog. As part of his perfection we are … Continue reading "The Goodness of God"

We have discussed the existence of God in a past blog and moved on to His divine essence with discussions on the simplicity of God and the perfection of God. We remain in our discussion on the perfection of God now by examining what goodness in general means before moving on to the goodness of God. … Continue reading "Of Goodness in General"

This past week we dealt with the simplicity of God. Today we are going to examine God’s perfection. Many of the principles found in this past week’s discussion will provide background for today. Let’s begin with Question 4, Part 1 of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. First Article Whether God Is Perfect Thomas is quite … Continue reading "The Perfection of God"

This week we are going to discuss the simplicity of God. Why does St. Thomas Aquinas deal with this topic here? Last time, we dealt with the existence of God. Now we will deal with the manner of his existence over the next few weeks. During these weeks we will discuss His simplicity, His perfection, … Continue reading "Of the Simplicity of God"

By Kin Easter Does God exist? That’s the question Thomas tackles in today’s blog. It is the ultimate question we ask ourselves because many of us simply want to have hope. We want to have a reason to live. We want to know if there is a heavenly Father above guiding us toward an eternal … Continue reading "The Existence of God"

By Kin Easter Chemistry, biology, and physics. These we think of as sciences. Strange to the modern ears, however, is that theology too was often referred to as a science. In the first question of part one in St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, the Dominican friar not only defends theology (sacred doctrine or sacred science) … Continue reading "The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine"