Summa contra Gentiles

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philosophical treatise scholastic work theological treatise

Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
scholastic work ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
addressesDoctrine Incarnation ⓘ
Trinity ⓘ
creation ex nihilo ⓘ
divine attributes ⓘ
existence of God ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
providence ⓘ
sacraments ⓘ
alternativeTitle Liber de veritate catholicae fidei contra errores infidelium ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1265 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1259 ⓘ
author St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
book1Focus God as knowable by natural reason ⓘ
book2Focus creation and creatures ⓘ
book3Focus divine providence and moral life ⓘ
book4Focus truths of Christian faith known only by revelation ⓘ
centralConcern demonstrating compatibility of faith and reason ⓘ
dateWritten 13th century ⓘ
genre apologetic literature ⓘ
inDialogueWith Islamic philosophers ⓘ
Jewish philosophers ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophers ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
later Catholic apologetics ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
intendedAudience missionaries ⓘ
non-Christian thinkers ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
LatinTitle Summa contra Gentiles self-link ⓘ
mainTheme defense of Christian doctrine ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
relationship between faith and reason ⓘ
method philosophical demonstration ⓘ
rational argumentation ⓘ
use of Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
numberOfBooks 4 ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Scholasticism ⓘ
placeOfComposition Italy ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
relatedWork Summa Theologiae ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
structure four books ⓘ
theologicalTradition Catholic theology ⓘ

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St. Thomas Aquinas → notableWork → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
De veritate → relatedWork → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
Commentary on the Sentences → relatedWork → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
Summa contra Gentiles → LatinTitle → Summa contra Gentiles self-link ⓘ
Summa → exemplifiedBy → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
Thomism → associatedWithWork → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
Liber de veritate catholicae fidei contra errores infidelium → shortTitle → Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Contra Gentiles