Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles : a guide and commentary / Brian Davies.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 12, 2016)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its context -- Approaching the question of God's existence (SCG 1,10-12) -- Arguing for God's Existence (SCG 1,13) -- God as eternal and simple (SCG 1,14-27) -- Talking about God (SCG 1,28-36) -- Goodness, oneness, and infinity (SCG 1,37-43) -- God's knowledge (SCG 1,44-71) -- God's will, life, and blessedness (SCG 1,72-102) -- God as omnipotent creator (SCG 2,1-29) -- Necessity in creatures, the eternity of the world, and distinctions among creatures (SCG 2,30-45) -- Intellectual creatures (SCG 2,46-101) -- Agents, ends, evil, and good (SCG 3,1-15) -- The end of all things and of people in particular (SCG 3,16-63) -- Providence at work (SCG 3,64-110) -- Providence in relation to rational creatures (SCG 3,111-163) -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit (SCG 4,2-26) -- God incarnate (SCG 4,27-49) -- The fittingness of the incarnation, the sacraments, the resurrection, and the final state of people and of the world (SCG 4,50-97).

Presupposing no previous knowledge of Aquinas or of his works, the author offers an account and discussion of the Summa Contra Gentiles.

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