Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas

This selection from Aquinas' magnum opus, the Summa Theologica, covers the great Catholic philosopher's words on the nature of God, the nature of sin, and how God's grace sanctifies and transforms the lives of Christians. Concerning the nature of God, this selection includes Aquinas' arguments for God's existence, his description of God's metaphysical attributes, and his exploration of how God interacts with creation and the people who inhabit it. In the portion of the selection focusing on sin, Aquinas asks and answers the questions of what sin is and how it affects human beings. The selection's last portion presents Aquinas' thoughts on sin's remedy, God's grace. For those seeking Aquinas' insight on the topics here presented, this selection may prove a less cumbersome and more streamlined alternative to the entire Summa.

• Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings
• Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
• Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion (The Library of Christian Classics)
• Paradise (Illustrated) (Divine Comedy Book 3)
• The Consolation of Philosophy (Penguin Classics)
• On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (Popular Patristics Series Book 23)
• The Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
• The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Oxford World's Classics)
• On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius (Popular Patristics Series Book 44)
• The Religious Affections