Summa Theologica

[ soom-uh thee-uh-loj-i-kuh, suhm-uh ]

noun

1. a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.

Summa Theologica

1. (1266–1273) The best-known work of Thomas Aquinas , in which he treats the whole of theology by careful analysis of arguments. In one famous section of the Summa Theologica , Aquinas discusses five ways of attempting to prove that there is a God.

Example Sentences

Summa Theologica, quoted on the delectation of the redeemed upon seeing the misery of the damned, 28.

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