{"product_id":"summa-contra-gentiles","title":"Summa Contra Gentiles: Complete in Two Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere no common scripture can be appealed to, Aquinas argues from natural reason alone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:1.6em 0 .4em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot yet released.\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition is set and in production. Write to the press and we will let you know the day it goes on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:0 0 1.9em;\"\u003eOn release, each volume is ordered separately, and orders are placed and shipped through IngramSpark. This page is a catalogue listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eSumma Contra Gentiles\u003c\/em\u003e is the second of Saint Thomas Aquinas's two great Summae, written about the year 1259, by tradition a manual for the missions, to commend the Christian faith to those who did not accept its scriptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere no common scripture can be appealed to, Aquinas argues from natural reason alone, turning to the mysteries of faith only at the last. It moves in four books: God, creation, providence, and salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Sanctified Souls Press edition presents it in the English of Joseph Rickaby, S.J., \u003cem\u003eOf God and His Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905, in two volumes on cream paper. Rickaby's is a free and lightly condensed rendering of the four books; his scholarly footnotes are set aside for continuous reading, and his numbering of the arguments is kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe volumes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e4dccd;margin:.5em 0 1.8em;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume I  ·  God and Creation, Books I and II\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe existence and the nature of God as reason can know Him, and the coming forth of creatures from God. Paperback and hardcover, 338 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume II  ·  Providence and Salvation, Books III and IV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eGod's providence and government of all things, and then the mysteries of faith: the Trinity, the Incarnation, and the last things. Paperback and hardcover, 426 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), of the Order of Preachers, Doctor of the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated by Joseph Rickaby, S.J., \u003cem\u003eOf God and His Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne work in two volumes, all four books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctified Souls, Heritage Editions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, cream paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:1.6em 0 0;\"\u003eCover: \u003cem\u003eSanto Tomás de Aquino\u003c\/em\u003e, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682), oil on canvas, c. 1650. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanctified Souls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53032404287769,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4616\/0921\/files\/aq-summa-contra-gentiles-vol-1.jpg?v=1787265747","url":"https:\/\/sanctifiedsouls.com\/products\/summa-contra-gentiles","provider":"Sanctified Souls","version":"1.0","type":"link"}