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Aquinas for Everyone is a collection of passages, culled from the writings of the Angelic Doctor, in each of which the author answers a philosophical or theological question with the aid of an appropriate concrete image. As in his earlier works, Newman for Everyone and Augustine for Everyone, Fr. Brady introduces us in a very novel way to the thought of perhaps the most creative thinker in the history of the Church. In doing so readers unaquainted with the technicalities of Thomistic Philosophy and Theology can discover for themselves the clarity, harmony and simplicity that characterize the writings of this great Scholastic theologian. It is hoped that, by examining these texts, many will be prompted to study seriously the Summa Theologiae, the classic work of this great saint.

The author of An Augustine Treasury, A Philosopher's Search for the Infinite, An Aquinas Treasury, Inferring God's Existence: Anselm, Aquinas and Kant, Newman for Everyone (ST PAULS Alba House, 1996), and Augustine for Everyone (ST PAULS, 2002), Jules M. Brady, S.J. has lectured widely in the United States, England, Canada, and Russia. Having just recently retired from teaching at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, he presently resides with the Jesuit Community at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. This is his third book for ST PAULS.

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Questions and Answers: Aquinas for Everyone: 65 Questions Answered Imaginatively by Aquinas offers readers a way to ease into the writings of one of the great Doctors of the Church. Jesuit Fr. Jules M. Brady, SJ introduces the reader in a novel way to the thoughts and reflections of St. Thomas Aquinas. The answers to the questions begin with a theological or philosophical question and are answered by grounding the question in a concrete image for easier understanding. There are some very deep questions that the author and the saint tackle in this small book, including: "Is the proposition 'God is' self-evident?"; "Is the human soul joined to the body by an intermediate body?"; "Is lack of cheerfulness in a human person morally evil?"; "Can we have charity without faith and hope?", and many others. Clear and understandable, the question-and-answer format allows for scanning of pertinent questions or novelized reading. --Crux of the News, April 19, 2005

Jules Brady recently retired as professor of philosophy at Rockhurst University in Kansas City. He now resides at the Jesuit Community residence at Saint Louis University. His earlier works include Newman for Everyone (1996) and Augustine for Everyone (2002). This book on St. Thomas Aquinas presents 39 questions on philosophy and 26 questions on theology. It begins with a summary of Thomas's life and work and presents answers to the questions in English translations taken from 10 of St. Thomas's works. The translations are "clear... [and] aim at reproducing the beauty of the original Latin quotations." --Theology Digest Book Survey, Vol. 51 #4, Winter 2004

 

St. Thomas Aquinas

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 01/28 Tridentine Calendar - 01/28 Patron Of: Theologians, Universities, Clear Weather, Pencil Makers, Philosophers, Publishers, Scholars, Schools, Students, Against Storms, Apologists, Booksellers, Catholic Universities, Chastity, Against Lightning Also known as Angelic Doctor; Doctor Angelicus; Doctor Communis; Great Synthesizer; The Dumb Ox; The Universal Teacher Profile     Son of the Count of Aquino, born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples. Educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, and at the University of Naples. He secretly joined the mendicant Dominican friars in 1244. His noble family kidnapped and imprisoned him for a year to keep him out of sight, and deprogram him, but he rejoined his order in 1245.     He studied in Paris from 1245-1248 under Saint Albert the Great, then accompanied Albertus to Cologne. Ordained in 1250, then returned to Paris to teach. Taught theology at University of Paris. He wrote defenses of the mendicant orders, commentaries on Aristotle and Lombard's Sentences, and some bible-related works, usually by dictating to secretaries. He won his doctorate, and taught in several Italian cities. Recalled by king and university to Paris in 1269, then recalled to Naples in 1272 where he was appointed regent of studies while working on the Summa Theologica.     On 6 December 1273 he experienced a divine revelation which so enraptured him that he abandoned the Summa, saying that it and his other writing were so much straw in the wind compared to the reality of the divine glory. He died four months later while en route to the Council of Lyons, overweight and with his health broken by overwork.     His works have been seminal to the thinking of the Church ever since. They systematized her great thoughts and teaching, and combined Greek wisdom and scholarship methods with the truth of Christianity. Pope Leo VIII commanded that his teachings be studied by all theology students. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1567. Born     c.1225 at Roccasecca, Aquino, Naples, Italy Died     7 March 1274 at Fossanuova near Terracina of apparent natural causes; relics interred at Saint-Servin, Toulouse, France; relics translated to the Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse on 22 October 1974 Canonized     1323 All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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