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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles: A Guide and Commentary

Brian Davies

Theology
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Chapters 130
  1. Contents ≈ 19 min
  2. Preface ≈ 6 min
  3. 1. The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its Context ≈ 1 min
  4. 1.1 Aquinas’s Life ≈ 7 min
  5. 1.2 Aquinas’s Writings ≈ 10 min
  6. 1.3 When and Why Did Aquinas Write the Summa Contra Gentiles? ≈ 10 min
  7. 1.4 Aquinas Explains Himself ≈ 22 min
  8. 2. Approaching the Question of God’s Existence (SCG 1,10–12) ≈ 1 min
  9. 2.1 Kinds of Natural Theology (SCG 1,10–11) ≈ 20 min
  10. 2.2 Faith versus Demonstration (SCG 1,12) ≈ 11 min
  11. 2.3 Comments on the Above ≈ 37 min
  12. 3. Arguing for God’s Existence (SCG 1,13) ≈ 1 min
  13. 3.1 Argument One ≈ 22 min
  14. 3.2 Argument Two ≈ 5 min
  15. 3.3 Three More Arguments ≈ 4 min
  16. 3.4 What Has Aquinas Achieved in the Natural Theology Offered in SCG 1,13? ≈ 41 min
  17. 4. God as Eternal and Simple (SCG 1,14–27) ≈ 2 min
  18. 4.1 Divine Eternity (SCG 1,15) ≈ 4 min
  19. 4.2 God as Lacking Passive Potency and Matter (SCG 1,16 and 17) ≈ 4 min
  20. 4.3 God as Noncomposite (SCG 1,18) ≈ 2 min
  21. 4.4 God as Simple (SCG 1,20–27) ≈ 11 min
  22. 4.5 Comments on Aquinas on Divine Simplicity ≈ 37 min
  23. 5. Talking about God (SCG 1,28–36) ≈ 2 min
  24. 5.1 The General Picture ≈ 12 min
  25. 5.2 SCG 1,28–36: Details ≈ 27 min
  26. 5.3 How to Assess SCG 1,28–36? ≈ 8 min
  27. 6. Goodness, Oneness, and Infinity (SCG 1,37–43) ≈ 2 min
  28. 6.1 Why Is It True That God Is Good? (SCG 1,37) ≈ 8 min
  29. 6.2 Is God Goodness Itself? (SCG 1,38) ≈ 7 min
  30. 6.3 Is there Evil in God? (SCG 1,39) ≈ 2 min
  31. 6.4 God as the Good of Every Good and as the Highest Good (SCG 1,40–41) ≈ 1 min
  32. 6.5 Oneness and Infinity (SCG 1,42–43) ≈ 9 min
  33. 6.6 A Note on Aquinas’s “God Is Good” and “There Is No Evil in God” ≈ 20 min
  34. 6.7 Moving On ≈ 1 min
  35. 7. God’s Knowledge (SCG 1, 44–71) ≈ 2 min
  36. 7.1 Aquinas on Knowledge ≈ 11 min
  37. 7.2 Aquinas on God’s Knowledge (SCG 1, 44–71) ≈ 39 min
  38. 7.3 Thinking about SCG 1,44–71 ≈ 12 min
  39. 8. God’s Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG 1,72–102) ≈ 1 min
  40. 8.1 Aquinas on Will ≈ 8 min
  41. 8.2 Aquinas on Life ≈ 8 min
  42. 8.3 Aquinas on Blessedness ≈ 2 min
  43. 8.4 Aquinas on Will in God (SCG 1,72–96) ≈ 39 min
  44. 8.5 Aquinas on God’s Life (SCG 1,97–99) ≈ 2 min
  45. 8.6 God’s Blessedness (SCG 1,100–102) ≈ 3 min
  46. 8.7 Some Comments on SCG 1,72–102 ≈ 11 min
  47. 8.8 Moving on to SCG 2 ≈ 2 min
  48. 9. God as Omnipotent Creator (SCG 2,1–29) ≈ 2 min
  49. 9.1 The Bringing Forth of Things into Being (SCG 2,6) ≈ 2 min
  50. 9.2 Power in God (SCG 2,7–10) ≈ 3 min
  51. 9.3 God and Relations (SCG 2,11–14) ≈ 5 min
  52. 9.4 God as Creator (SCG 2,15–21) ≈ 7 min
  53. 9.5 Creation “from Nothing” (SCG 2,16) ≈ 2 min
  54. 9.6 Creation Is Not aMotion or aChange (SCG 2,17–19) ≈ 2 min
  55. 9.7 What Can Create? (SCG 2,20–21) ≈ 4 min
  56. 9.8 God as Omnipotent (SCG 2,22–29) ≈ 9 min
  57. 9.9 Some Comments on SCG 2,1–29 ≈ 16 min
  58. 10. Necessity in Creatures, the Eternity of the World, and Distinctions among Creatures (SCG 2,30–45) ≈ 1 min
  59. 10.1 Can There Be Created Yet Necessary Things? (SCG 2,30) ≈ 5 min
  60. 10.2 Must Creatures Always Have Existed? (SCG 2,31–38) ≈ 19 min
  61. 10.3 Proving That the World Is Not Eternal (SCG 2,38) ≈ 8 min
  62. 10.4 Distinction among Creatures (SCG 2,39–45) ≈ 20 min
  63. 10.5 Some Comments on SCG 2,30–45 ≈ 12 min
  64. 11. Intellectual Creatures (SCG 2,46–101) ≈ 6 min
  65. 11.1 Why Intellectual Creatures? (SCG 2,46) ≈ 6 min
  66. 11.2 What Can Be Said of Intellectual Substances in General? (SCG 2,47–55) ≈ 23 min
  67. 11.3 Soul and Body in People (SCG 2,56–90) ≈ 42 min
  68. 11.4 Created Intellects That Are Not United to Bodies (SCG 2,91–101) ≈ 8 min
  69. 11.5 Reflecting on SCG 2,46–101 ≈ 19 min
  70. 11.6 Moving On ≈ 2 min
  71. 12. Agents, Ends, Evil, and Good (SCG 3,1–15) ≈ 2 min
  72. 12.1 Agents and Ends (SCG 3,2–3) ≈ 16 min
  73. 12.2 Evil (SCG 3,4–15) ≈ 44 min
  74. 12.3 Some Comments on SCG 3,1–15 ≈ 34 min
  75. 13. The End of All Things and of People in Particular (SCG 3,16–63) ≈ 2 min
  76. 13.1 Creatures Aiming at God (SCG 3,16–25) ≈ 17 min
  77. 13.2 Ultimate Felicity for Humans (SCG 3,26–63) ≈ 46 min
  78. 13.3 The Value of SCG 3,16–63 ≈ 18 min
  79. 14. Providence at Work (SCG 3,64–110) ≈ 4 min
  80. 14.1 God as Acting in All Things (SCG 3,65–70) ≈ 13 min
  81. 14.2 What Divine Providence Does Not Exclude (SCG 3,71–74) ≈ 11 min
  82. 14.3 Providence and Singulars (SCG 3,75–76) ≈ 4 min
  83. 14.4 Providence and Secondary Causes (SCG 3,77–83) ≈ 13 min
  84. 14.5 Providence and Prayer (SCG 3,95–96) ≈ 12 min
  85. 14.6 Miracles (SCG 3,98–102) ≈ 11 min
  86. 14.7 Magic and Demons (SCG 3,104–110) ≈ 2 min
  87. 14.8 Is Aquinas Right about Divine Providence? ≈ 29 min
  88. 15. Providence in Relation to Rational Creatures (SCG 3,111–163) ≈ 2 min
  89. 15.1 Rational Creatures and Providence (SCG 3,111–113) ≈ 4 min
  90. 15.2 People and Laws: The General Picture (SCG 3,114–116) ≈ 6 min
  91. 15.3 Love of Neighbor, Right Faith, Worship of God, Marriage, Sex, Food, and Nature (SCG 3,117–129) ≈ 27 min
  92. 15.4 Divine Counsels (SCG 3,130–138) ≈ 6 min
  93. 15.5 Rewards and Punishments (SCG 3,142–146) ≈ 11 min
  94. 15.6 Grace (SCG 3,147–163) ≈ 29 min
  95. 15.7 Some Reflections on SCG 3,111–163 ≈ 17 min
  96. 16. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG 4,2–26) ≈ 7 min
  97. 16.1 Aquinas’s General Approach to the Trinity in SCG 4,2–26 ≈ 20 min
  98. 16.2 SCG 4,2–26: Some Details ≈ 49 min
  99. 16.3 Is Aquinas Right on the Trinity? ≈ 32 min
  100. 17. God Incarnate (SCG 4,27–49) ≈ 9 min
  101. 17.1 The Incarnation and Heresy (SCG 4,28–39) ≈ 8 min
  102. 17.2 Reasoning Concerning the Incarnation (SCG 4,40–49) ≈ 38 min
  103. 17.3 Some Comments on SCG 4,27–49 ≈ 44 min
  104. 18. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, the Sacraments, the Resurrection, and the Final State of People and of the World ≈ 1 min
  105. 18.1 The Suitability of the Incarnation (SCG 4,50–55) ≈ 43 min
  106. 18.2 Sacraments (SCG 4,56–78) ≈ 38 min
  107. 18.3 Resurrection, the Life to Come, and the End of the World (SCG 4,79–97) ≈ 20 min
  108. 18.4 Some Comments on SCG 4,79–97 ≈ 42 min
  109. Appendix: SCG at a Glance ≈ 1 min
  110. Preface ≈ 2 min
  111. Chapter 1. The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its Context ≈ 13 min
  112. Chapter 2. Approaching the Question of God’s Existence (SCG 1,10–12) ≈ 14 min
  113. Chapter 3. Arguing for God’s Existence (SCG 1,13) ≈ 22 min
  114. Chapter 4. God as Eternal and Simple (SCG 1,14–27) ≈ 10 min
  115. Chapter 5. Talking about God (SCG 1,28–36) ≈ 4 min
  116. Chapter 6. Goodness, Oneness, and Infinity (SCG 1,37–43) ≈ 3 min
  117. Chapter 7. God’s Knowledge (SCG 1,44–71) ≈ 8 min
  118. Chapter 8. God’s Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG 1,72–102) ≈ 6 min
  119. Chapter 9. God as Omnipotent Creator (SCG 2,1–29) ≈ 4 min
  120. Chapter 10. Necessity in Creatures, the Eternity of the World, and Distinctions among Creatures (SCG 2,30–45) ≈ 12 min
  121. Chapter 11. Intellectual Creatures (SCG 2,46–101) ≈ 23 min
  122. Chapter 12. Agents, Ends, Evil, and Good (SCG 3,1–15) ≈ 16 min
  123. Chapter 13. The End of All Things and of People in Particular (SCG 3,16–63) ≈ 10 min
  124. Chapter 14. Providence at Work (SCG 3,64–110) ≈ 12 min
  125. Chapter 15. Providence in Relation to Rational Creatures (SCG 3,111–163) ≈ 21 min
  126. Chapter 16. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG 4,2–26) ≈ 16 min
  127. Chapter 17. God Incarnate (SCG 4,27–49) ≈ 11 min
  128. Chapter 18. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, the Sacraments, the Resurrection, and the Final State of People and of t ≈ 28 min
  129. Bibliography ≈ 30 min
  130. Index ≈ 43 min
AuthorBrian Davies
LanguageEnglish
Era1900s
CategoriesTheology
Length130 chapters · ≈ 29 h 39 min read
FormatsWeb Book · EPUB

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