In recent years, increased interest in medieval studies and Catholic theology have revealed St. Thomas Aquinas as more than just quasi-official theologian to the Roman Catholic church, confirming his stature as one of the greatest thinkers the West has ever known. In his masterwork, the Summa, he synthesizes Aristotelian concepts on the nature of the living world and man, with Biblical teachings on God's loving purpose in creating them. This Modern Library Book contains the essence of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles in a volume of more than 700 pages. Edited with an Introduction by Anton C. Pegis, President, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
About the Author
Philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas was born circa 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason, he ranked among the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism. An authority of the Roman Catholic Church and a prolific writer, Aquinas died on March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy.
