Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God

J. Budziszewski

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9781009536295
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Philosophy of Religion

Thomas Aquinas's classic Treatise on the One God is one of the greatest works ever written in the history of philosophy and theology. During the first half of the twentieth century, philosophy of religion was widely viewed as dead, not even a domain of serious questions but only of 'pseudo-questions.' Surprisingly, not only did the supposed corpse rise from the dead, but religion once again became one of the most active fields of philosophical investigation. The time could not be more fitting for a reinvestigation of Treatise on the One God, which opens the massive Summa theologiae. In this unparalleled exploration of the Treatise's penetrating arguments J. Budziszewski explores and illuminates the text with a luminous line-by-line commentary. Supplemented with thematic discussions, this book discusses not only the Treatise itself, but also its immediate relevance to contemporary thought and issues of the modern world. This work fittingly closes the author's series of commentaries on the Summa Theologiae.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Analytical Table of Contents
• Ante Studium (Before Study)
• Epigraph
• Commentator’s Introduction
• Question 1 The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine: Article 1: Whether, Besides Philosophy, Any Further Doctrine Is Required?
• Question 2 The Existence of God: Article 3: Whether God Exists?
• Question 3 Of the Simplicity of God: Article 7: Whether God Is Altogether Simple?
• Question 4 The Perfection of God: Article 1: Whether God Is Perfect?
• Question 6 The Goodness of God: Article 2: Whether God Is the Supreme Good?
• Question 49 The Cause of Evil: Article 2: Whether God, the Supreme Good, Is the Cause of Evil?
• Question 7 The Infinity of God: Article 1: Whether God Is Infinite?
• Question 8 The Existence of God in Things: Article 1: Whether God Is in All Things?
• Question 9 The Immutability of God: Article 1: Whether God Is Altogether Immutable?
• Question 10 The Eternity of God: Article 2: Whether God Is Eternal?
• Question 11 The Unity of God: Article 3: Whether God Is One?
• Question 12 How God Is Known by Us: Article 13: Whether by Grace a Higher Knowledge of God Can Be Obtained Than Solely by Natural Reason?
• Question 13 The “Names” or Qualities Predicated of God: Article 12: Whether Affirmative Propositions Can Be Formed about God?
• Question 14 Of God’s Knowledge: Article 1: Whether There Is Knowledge in God?
• Question 16 Of Truth: Article 5: Whether God Is Truth?
• Question 18 The Life of God: Article 3: Whether Life Is Properly Attributed to God?
• Question 19 The Will of God: Article 3: Whether Whatever God Wills He Wills Necessarily?
• Question 20 God’s Love: Article 2: Whether God Loves All Things?
• Question 21 The Justice and Mercy of God: Article 4: Whether in Every Work of God There Are Mercy and Justice?
• Question 22 The Providence of God: Article 2: Whether Everything Is Subject to the Providence of God?
• Question 25 The Power of God: Article 3: Whether God Is Omnipotent?
• Question 26 Of the Divine Beatitude: Article 3: Whether God Is the Beatitude of Each of the Blessed?
• Commentator’s Conclusion: Preamble to What?
• Index of Scriptural References
• General Index