Summa Theologica

American  

[soom-uh thee-uh-loj-i-kuh, suhm-uh] / ˈsʊm ə ˌθi əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kə, ˈsʌm ə /

noun

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

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Summa Theologica Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

His intellectual strong suit might be more Summa Theologica — in which St. Thomas Aquinas presented five arguments for the existence of God — than the zone-blitz defense.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2015

As I recall from St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, thrones rank third, below cherubim and seraphim, clearly outclassing mere principalities and powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day he discovered St. Thomas, and one by one, as he managed to save the money, young Adler bought the 21 volumes of the Summa Theologica.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the whole subject of this subdivision the student may profitably consult the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas, 1a 2ae, qu.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

The learned archbishop, Saint Antoninus, who presided over the cathedral at Florence during the brightest days of that city's history, pursued his mediaeval scholastic instruction undisturbed, and even wrote a Summa Theologica of his own.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson