Summa
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Summa is a comprehensive, systematically organized theological treatise characteristic of medieval scholastic thought, exemplified by works like Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Summa canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval literary genre
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scholastic work ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
present Christian doctrine in an ordered way
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serve as a teaching manual ⓘ synthesize theology and philosophy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Latin Christian theology
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medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| audience |
clerics
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students of theology ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
Christology
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God ⓘ creation ⓘ ethics and moral theology ⓘ sacraments ⓘ |
| epistemicApproach |
faith seeking understanding
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rational analysis of revealed doctrine ⓘ |
| exemplifiedBy |
Peter Lombard’s Sentences
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surface form:
Peter Lombard’s Sentences (as a proto-summa)
Summa Theologiae ⓘ Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ |
| field |
philosophy
ⓘ
theology ⓘ |
| genreComparedTo | medieval legal summae ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
comprehensive
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didactic ⓘ structured in articles ⓘ structured in parts or books ⓘ structured in questions and answers ⓘ systematically organized ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
early modern scholasticism
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later Catholic dogmatic manuals ⓘ systematic theology as a discipline ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelianism
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surface form:
Aristotelian philosophy
Patristic theology ⓘ canon law tradition ⓘ |
| method |
dialectical reasoning
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scholastic method ⓘ use of authorities (auctoritates) ⓘ use of objections and replies ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| structureInspiredBy | Aristotelian logical works ⓘ |
| typicalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
systematic exposition of doctrine
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training theologians ⓘ |
| usedIn | medieval universities ⓘ |
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