“Summa Theologica” by Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas worked on the main work of his life, a systematic exposition of Christian theology grounded in the philosophy of Aristotle; it was still unfinished when he died in 1274.
- Date
- 1265–1274year known · duration: ≈ 9 years
- Place
- Rometoday: Rome, Italy · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- Thomas Aquinas
- Threads
- Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th century
- Also known as
- Summa theologiae
Thomas wrote the first part in Rome, where he taught at the Dominican school at the convent of Santa Sabina; he continued the work at the University of Paris and in Naples. The text breaks off at the question of penance in the third part; his disciples later supplied what was missing. The Summa became the summit of scholasticism and a model exposition of Catholic doctrine.
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