Reading The Summa

Hello everyone! We're finally under way again with posting commentaries on the summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas. It's been a long...

Why this Question Matters. Aquinas has given us an account of the individual days of creation; all that remains for him to do in this quest...

Why this Question Matters. “So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them. And on the seventh day God ended h...

Why this Question Matters. “And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts...

Why this Question Matters. “And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, accor...

Preamble In the patristic and medieval understanding of the days of creation, the days that we’ve seen so far were considered as devoted ...

Why this Question Matters. “God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry lan...

Why this Question Matters. “And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. A...

Why this Question Matters. “And God said, ‘let there be light’ and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God sep...

Why this Question Matters. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void…” The opening word...

Preamble Aquinas has already talked about creation in Ia.q44-q49. Here he returns to the subject but in the context of a commentary on the c...

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Why this Question Matters. After having discussed the fall of the bad angels, it would seem quite natural to ask what happens next. This fin...