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1265–1274 · Scholastic synthesis · 3 parts
Summa Theologiae
A disciplined inquiry into sacred doctrine, God, creation, human action, Christ, and the sacraments.
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Faith & reason
Catholic thought refuses both rationalism and fideism. Reason genuinely knows; revelation discloses truths reason could not discover and gives a higher unity to what is known.
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1908 · Apologetic essays · 9 chapters
Orthodoxy
A vivid account of discovering Christian belief as both intellectually sane and imaginatively adventurous.
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c. 1263 · English edition 1841 · Patristic biblical commentary · Gospel harmony
Catena Aurea: St. Matthew
Aquinas arranges patristic commentary into a continuous exposition of the Gospel of Matthew.
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13th century · English selection 1914 · Spiritual theology · selected questions
On Prayer and the Contemplative Life
A Dominican selection from the Summa on religion, devotion, prayer, and the active and contemplative lives.
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1914 · Social history · 7 chapters
Mediaeval Socialism
A historical study of medieval property, guilds, schoolmen, lawyers, reformers, and almsgiving.
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1497 · English edition 1901 · Apologetic theology · 4 books
The Triumph of the Cross
A four-book defense of God, Christian faith, Christ, and the Church from a controversial Dominican preacher.
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