Compendium of theology pdf

托马斯·阿奎那（多米尼加修道士）（1225 - 1274 年）是意大利天主教神父和多米尼加骑士团的圣人，也是经院传统中一位有影响力的哲学家和神学家。教会的三十三位老师之一，被称为天使世界（Doctor Angelicus）和周围世界（Doctor Universalis）。他通常被称为托马斯，阿奎那将其归因于他在阿奎那的住所。他是自然神学中最有影响力的人物之一，是托马斯主义哲学和神学学派之父。他对西方哲学的影响是广泛的，现代西方哲学的许多思想要么是对他的思想的革命，要么是与他的思想一致，特别是在伦理学、自然法和政治理论方面。阿奎那被认为是那些学习成为天主教会神父的理想老师。他以其作为神性、创造和造物主的缩影而闻名。许多基督徒认为他是教会最伟大的哲学家，所以许多教育机构都以他的名字命名。

Compendium of theology pdf 托马斯·阿奎那

Towards the end of his life, St. Thomas Aquinas produced a brief, non-technical work summarizing some of the main points of his massive Summa Theologiae. This 'compendium' was intended as an introductory handbook for students and scholars who might not have access to the larger work. It remains the best concise introduction to Aquinas's thought. Furthermore, it is extremely interesting to scholars because it represents Aquinas's last word on these topics. Aquinas does not break new ground or re-think earlier positions but often states them more directly and with greater precision than can be found elsewhere. There is only one available English translation of the Compendium (published as 'Aquinas's Shorter Summa: Saint Thomas's Own Concise Version of his Summa Theologiae,' by Sophia Institute Press). It is published by a very small Catholic publishing house, is marketed to the devotional readership, contains no scholarly apparatus. Richard Regan is a highly respected Aquinas translator, who here relies on the definitive Leonine edition of the Latin text. His work will be received as the premier English version of this important text.