{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-summa-volume-i","title":"A Companion to the Summa, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Walter Farrell, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Summa Theologiae \u003c\/b\u003eis a work of astounding breadth and scope: five folio vol­umes of closely packed print, and more closely packed thought; incredibly, it was a work intended, not for the learned and wise, but for beginners. Walter Farrell, O.P., fully honors that intention with his four \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003evolumes to the \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e, which together offer an easy guidebook to St. Thomas’s greatest work. These are not simply more books about St. Thomas or about the \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e; rather, they are a distillation of the \u003ci\u003eSumma \u003c\/i\u003einto popular and accessible form, a unique introduction to the thought of the Angelic Doctor and a defense of the truths, natural and divine, by which human life is lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume I: The Architect of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epresents St. Thomas’s rich and masterly study of God, man, and the world, as found in the first part of the \u003ci\u003eSumma\u003c\/i\u003e. In neat and orderly fashion, Farrell follows the Angelic Doctor’s lead, considering the universal harmony of creation and its Creator, providing the arguments of God’s existence, studying the divine nature and attributes, and examining the procession of creatures from their divine Creator, the manner of their production and their distinction into angelic, corporal, and human natures. A bold rebuke of the confusions and deceptions peculiar to the modern age, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Summa, Volume I: The Architect of the Universe \u003c\/i\u003epowerfully illuminates the fundamental truths about the nature of the human person and the orderly planning of the divine architect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgetting God, our times have not recognized men and have yet to see the world.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are learned but far from wise. This is Thomas’s book of wisdom, his searching\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eexamination of the profound reasons, his handbook of the important answers. \u003c\/i\u003e(Walter Farrell, O.P.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Farrell, O.P., \u003c\/b\u003e(1902–1951) was a Dominican priest and scholar. He was the founder of the speculative quarterly \u003ci\u003eThe Thomist \u003c\/i\u003eand was a frequent contributor to numerous scholarly and spiritual periodicals. His masterpiece is certainly the bestselling, four-volume \u003ci\u003eCompanion to the Summa\u003c\/i\u003e, which was instrumental in the popularization of the \u003ci\u003eSumma Theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953065\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100039897455,"sku":"978-1685953065","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product206.jpg?v=1781124883","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-summa-volume-i","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}