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Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition

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Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition

by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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About this book

The third part of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica is a systematic theological treatise that begins with a concise prologue outlining the need to examine the Incarnation, the sacraments, and the destiny of the resurrected soul. The work is organized into numbered questions and articles, each introduced with a clear heading and a series of objections followed by Aquinas’s replies. The opening article asks whether it is fitting for God to become incarnate, presenting a series of philosophical challenges and then resolving them through a rigorous scholastic method. The edition you will encounter reflects the careful editing of a modern transcriber who has aligned the text with the Benziger Brothers’ printed translation, corrected transcription errors by consulting the Latin source, and standardized formatting such as italics, footnotes, and biblical citations.

Aquinas writes in the precise, argumentative style of 13th‑century scholasticism, employing a formal question‑objection‑reply structure that demands attentive reading. Readers who appreciate careful logical analysis, medieval philosophy, or the doctrinal foundations of Catholic theology will find this volume rewarding, while those seeking narrative or devotional literature may prefer other works.

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* The repetitive expression "We proceed thus to the [next] Article" does not appear directly below the title of each article.

* Italics are represented by underscores at the beginning and end, like this. Quotations and other "quotable" matter, however, are ordinarily set off by quotation marks with no underscores in this edition, in accordance with common English usage, even where they were set in italics with no quotation marks in the Benziger Brothers edition. Titles of books are set off by underscores when they appear in the text with no parentheses, but not when the books are cited in parentheses.

* Bible chapters and verses are cited with arabic numerals separated by colons, like this: "Dan. 7:10"--not like this: "Dan. vii. 10." Small roman numerals have been retained where they appear in citations to books other than the Bible.

* Any matter that appeared in a footnote in the Benziger Brothers edition is presented in brackets at the point in the text where the footnote mark appeared.

* Greek words are presented in Roman transliteration.

* Paragraphs are not indented and are separated by blank lines.

* Numbered topics, set forth at the beginning of each question and at certain other places, are ordinarily presented on a separate line for each topic.

* Titles of questions are in all caps.

Anything else in this electronic edition that does not correspond to the content of the Benziger Brothers edition may be regarded as a defect in this edition and attributed to me (David McClamrock). _______________________

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