St. Thomas Aquinas

Author: Chesterton, G. K.Binding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 122Release Date: 02-05-2019Details: Saint Thomas Aquinas is one of the Church’s greatest philosophers and theologians. Born in thirteenth century Italy, Aquinas wrote some of the most influential books of the medieval period. He revolutionized the way members of the Church thought as he reincorporated the ideas and philosophy of Aristotle back into medieval Christianity. The impact of Aquinas’ ideas has led him to be venerated not only by Catholics and Protestants, but also by non-religious thinkers who continue to revere his greatest work the Summa Theologica as “one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature.” St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton is an accessible overview of the life and work of this remarkable medieval man. In the introduction of this book Chesterton makes the statement that this book was not meant to be “anything but a popular sketch of