Essential Summa Theologiae – A Reader and Commentary

Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (PhD, Duke University) is professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith and Thomas Aquinas: Faith, Reason, and Following Christ.

• ContentsIntroductionPrologue to the Summa theologiaeTHE FIRST PARTQuestion 1: The Nature of Holy TeachingQuestion 2: The Existence of GodQuestion 3: The Simplicity of GodQuestion 12: Knowledge of GodQuestion 13: Words for GodQuestion 27: The Procession of the Divine PersonsQuestion 32: Knowledge of the TrinityQuestion 36: The Person of the Holy SpiritQuestion 39: The Persons in Relation to the EssenceQuestion 43: The Sending of the Divine PersonsQuestion 45: How Things Come Forth from the First PrincipleQuestion 50: The Substance of the Angels1.50.1 Is there any entirely spiritual creature, completely nonbodily?Question 75: The Nature of the Soul ItselfQuestion 93: The Image and Likeness of GodTHE FIRST HALF OF THE SECOND PARTPrologue to the First Half of the Second PartQuestion 1: The Final Goal for Human BeingsQuestion 3: What Happiness IsQuestion 4: Those Things That Are Required for HappinessQuestion 5: The Attainment of HappinessQuestion 6: The Voluntary and InvoluntaryQuestion 9: The Mover of the WillQuestion 18: Good and Bad in Human Acts in GeneralQuestion 55: The Essence of the VirtuesQuestion 61: The Cardinal VirtuesQuestion 62: The Theological VirtuesQuestion 65: The Connection of the VirtuesQuestion 68: The GiftsQuestion 71: Vices and Sins Considered in ThemselvesQuestion 91: The Various Kinds of LawQuestion 109: The Necessity of GraceQuestion 110: The Grace of God as Regards Its EssenceTHE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND PARTPrologue to the Second Half of the Second PartQuestion 2: The Act of FaithQuestion 11: HeresyQuestion 17: HopeQuestion 19: The Gift of FearQuestion 23: CharityQuestion 24: Charity in Relation to Its SubjectQuestion 40: WarQuestion 47: Prudence in ItselfQuestion 58: JusticeQuestion 64: HomicideQuestion 77: Cheating That Is Committed in Buying and SellingQuestion 123: FortitudeQuestion 124: MartyrdomQuestion 141: ModerationQuestion 153: LustQuestion 182: The Active Life Compared to the Contemplative LifeTHE THIRD PARTPrologue to the Third PartQuestion 1: The Fittingness of the IncarnationQuestion 2: The Mode of Union of the Word IncarnateQuestion 9: Christ's Knowledge in GeneralQuestion 16: What Is Fittingly Said of ChristQuestion 17: Christ's Unity with Regard to His ExistenceQuestion 27: The Sanctification of the Blessed VirginQuestion 40: Christ's Way of LivingQuestion 42: Christ's TeachingQuestion 46: The Suffering of ChristQuestion 47: The Efficient Cause of Christ's SufferingQuestion 48: What Christ's Suffering DidQuestion 53: Christ's ResurrectionQuestion 54: The Qualities of the Risen ChristQuestion 59: Christ's Power as JudgeQuestion 61: The Need for the SacramentsQuestion 62: The Sacraments' Principal Effect, Which Is GraceQuestion 63: The Other Effect of the Sacraments, Which Is a SealQuestion 65: The Number of the SacramentsQuestion 66: The Sacrament of BaptismQuestion 68: Those Who Receive BaptismQuestion 75: The Conversion of the Bread and WineQuestion 80: Receiving the EucharistQuestion 83: The Rite of This SacramentIndex