The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times
Matthew Fox
Bible Study
Chapters 46
- Contents ≈ 4 min
- Praise for The Tao of Thomas Aquinas ≈ 16 min
- Dedication ≈ 1 min
- Foreword ≈ 8 min
- Preface ≈ 4 min
- Introduction The Boldness of the Man Is Amazing ≈ 34 min
- 1. The Experience of God Must Not Be Restricted to the Few or to the Old. ≈ 12 min
- 2. ‘they Shall Be Drunk with the Beauty of Thy House,’ That Is, the Universe. ≈ 12 min
- 3. Revelation Comes in Two Volumes: Nature and the Bible. ≈ 6 min
- 4. The Greatness of the Human Person Consists in This: That We Are Capable of the Universe. ≈ 4 min
- 5. AMistake About Creation Results in aMistake About God. ≈ 10 min
- 6. Sheer Joy Is God’s, and This Demands Companionship. ≈ 5 min
- 7. Joy Is the Human’s Noblest Act. ≈ 3 min
- 8. Religion Is Supreme Thankfulness or Gratitude. ≈ 4 min
- 9. The First and Primary Meaning of Salvation Is This: To Preserve Things in the Good. ≈ 13 min
- 10. The Same Spirit Who Hovered over the Waters at the Beginning of Creation Hovers over the Mind of the Artist at Work. ≈ 6 min
- 11. We Ought to Cherish the Body [and] Celebrate the “wonderful Communion” of Body and Soul. ≈ 10 min
- 12. Every Truth Without Exception—and Whoever May Utter It—is from the Holy Spirit. ≈ 8 min
- 13. Revelation Has Been Made to Many Pagans… . The Old Pagan Virtues Were from God. ≈ 10 min
- 14. Every Being Is aName for God; and No Being Is aName for God. ≈ 5 min
- 15. We Are United to God as to One Unknown. ≈ 3 min
- 16. The Greatest Accomplishment of the Human Mind Is to Know That It Does Not Know Who God Is. ≈ 4 min
- 17. The First Requirement, Then, for the Contemplation of Wisdom Is That We Should Take Complete Possession of Our Minds ≈ 8 min
- 18. It Is aGreat Thing to Do Miracles, but It Is aGreater Thing to Live Virtuously. ≈ 3 min
- 19. The Proper Objects of the Heart Are Truth and Justice. ≈ 11 min
- 20. The Vision of God Is Arrived at Through Justice. ≈ 5 min
- 21. Compassion Is the Fire That Jesus Came to Set on the Earth. ≈ 5 min
- 22. Conscience Is More to Be Obeyed Than Authority Imposed from the Outside. ≈ 5 min
- 23. The Prophet’s Mind Is Moved Not Only to Apprehend Something, but Also to Speak or to Do Something. ≈ 14 min
- 24. A Trustworthy Person Is Angry at the Right People, for the Right Reasons, Expresses It in the Appropriate Manner and ≈ 7 min
- 25. Playfulness, or Fun, Is a Virtue. ≈ 12 min
- 26. Sins of the Flesh Take You Toward God; Sins of the Spirit Take You Away from God. ≈ 12 min
- 27. It Pertains to Magnanimity to Have a Great Soul. ≈ 6 min
- 28. Angels Carry Thoughts from Prophet to Prophet. ≈ 9 min
- 29. There Is a Double Resurrection. ≈ 6 min
- 30. God Is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the Most Beautiful and the Superbeautiful. ≈ 6 min
- 31. Christ Is aDew for Cooling; Rain for Making Fruitful; aSeed for Bringing Forth the Fruit of Justice. ≈ 14 min
- Conclusion The Tao of Fierce Wisdom by Thomas Aquinas ≈ 7 min
- Afterword ≈ 20 min
- Acknowledgements ≈ 3 min
- Sources ≈ 2 min
- Notes ≈ 6 min
- About the Author ≈ 2 min
- Books by Matthew Fox ≈ 3 min
- Praise for Sheer Joy ≈ 2 min
- Endnotes ≈ 1 min
| Author | Matthew Fox |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1900s |
| Categories | Bible Study |
| Length | 46 chapters · ≈ 5 h 51 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |
