- St Thomas Aquinas Ia IIa, q.24, a. 3, ad 2
THE ONE GOD
— A Commentary on the First Part of St Thomas' Theological Summa
by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P.
- Translator's Preface
- Introduction
- The importance and significance of the Theological Summa of St Thomas
- The method of St Thomas especially the structure of the articles of the Theological Summa
- On the various judgments about this method
- On the Aristotelian foundation of St Thomas' method
- On the inductive search for definitions
- On the middle term in demonstration
- On the perfect union of analysis and synthesis in the Angelic Doctor's method
- The doctrine of St Thomas proceeds from the fullness of his contemplation
- The relation between the study of theology and the interior life
- The indebtedness of the interior life to study
- What the study of theology owes to the interior life
- The fruit of this mutual influence
- Prologue to the Theological Summa
- Ch1 Sacred Doctrine
- Question 1: the nature and extent of sacred doctrine
- First article: whether besides philosophy and further doctrine is required(1)
- Second article: whether sacred doctrine is a science
- Third article: whether sacred doctrine is one science
- Fourth article: whether sacred doctrine is a practical science
- Fifth article: whether sacred doctrine is nobler than the other sciences
- Sixth article: whether sacred theology is the same as wisdom
- Seventh article: whether God is the subject of this science
- Eighth article: whether sacred doctrine is a matter of argument
- Ninth article: whether sacred scripture should use metaphors
- Tenth article: whether in holy scripture a word may have several senses
- Ch 2 The Existence of God
- Question 2: Prologue
- The existence of God
- First article: whether the existence of God is self-evident
- Second article: whether it can be demonstrated that God exists
- Third article: whether God exists
- the universality and order of these proofs
- the order in which these five proofs are presented
- is there a more general proof that includes confusedly these five proofs?
- the first proof: from motion
- the second proof: from the nature of efficient cause
- the third proof: from the contingency of things in the world
- the fourth proof: from the grades of perfection in beings
- the fifth proof: from the order or the governance in the world
- the one end to which these five proofs converge
- Ch 3 God's Nature and Attributes
- Question 3: Introduction
- on God's nature and His attributes in general
- what formally constitues God's nature according to our conception of it
- the various opinions as to what constitutes the divine nature
- the divine attributes in general
- how the divine attribute is defined
- how the divine attributes are classified
- how the divine attributes are distinct from one another and from the divine essence
- The simplicity of God: Prologue
- First article: whether God is a body
- Second article: whether God is composed of matter and form
- Third article: whether God is the same as His essence or nature
- Fourth article: whether essence and existence are the same in God
- Fifth article: whether God is contained in a genus
- Sixth article: whether in God there are any accidents
- Seventh article: whether God is altogether simple
- Eighth article: whether God enters into the composition of other things
- 1. the forms of pantheism known to St Thomas
- 2. where and how St Thomas refuted the above-mentioned types of pantheism
- 3. how modern pantheism can be refuted by invoking the principles formulated by St Thomas
- 4. Does St Thomas in his discussion of the divine causality preserve intact the truth that is distorted by pantheism?
- Question 3: Introduction
- Ch 4 The Perfection of God
- Ch 5 On Goodness in General
- Ch 6 The Goodness of God
- Ch 7 The Infinity of God
- Ch 8 The Existence of God in Things
- Ch 9 The Immutability of God
- Ch 10 The Eternity of God
- Ch 11 The Unity of God
- Ch 12 The Knowability of God
- Ch 13 The Names of God
- Ch 14 God's Knowledge
- Ch 15 Of Ideas
- Ch 16 Of Truth
- Ch 17 Of Falsity
- Ch 18 The Life of God
- Ch 19 The Will of God
- Ch 20 God's Love
- Ch 21 The Justice and Mercy of God
- Ch 22 The Providence of God
- Ch 23 Predestination
- Ch 24 The Book of Life
- Ch 25 The Power of God
- Ch 26 Of the Divine Beatitude
