Compendium theologiae
- Language:
- Latin
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- Clean text
- Extent:
- ~110,000 words · 510 passages
Cite this work
- APAThomas Aquinas. (n.d.). Compendium theologiae. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/thomas-aquinas/compendium-theologiae
- MLAThomas Aquinas. "Compendium theologiae." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/thomas-aquinas/compendium-theologiae.
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What it is about
The Compendium of Theology: the whole of Christian doctrine summarised for a single reader, his secretary Reginald.
Context and history
It was left unfinished, like the Summa. Shorter and more continuous than that work, which is why some recommend it first: it has no question-and-objection form, only exposition. Text in LATIN: the original. Aquinas wrote in Latin and that is what should be cited.
Editorial context, not a citable source: unlike the passages of the work itself, these statements cannot be checked against the corpus.
Aeterni patris verbum sua immensitate universa comprehendens, ut hominem per peccata minoratum in celsitudinem divinae gloriae revocaret, breve fieri voluit nostra brevitate assumpta, non sua deposita maiestate. Et ut a caelestis verbi capessenda doctrina nullus excusabilis redderetur, quod pro studiosis diffuse et dilucide per diversa Scripturae sanctae volumina tradiderat, propter occupatos sub brevi summa humanae salutis doctrinam conclusit. Consistit enim humana salus in veritatis cognitione, ne per diversos errores intellectus obscuretur humanus; in debiti finis intentione, ne indebitos fines sectando, a vera felicitate deficiat; in iustitiae observatione, ne per vitia diversa sordescat. Cognitionem autem veritatis humanae saluti necessariam brevibus et paucis fidei articulis comprehendit. Hinc est quod apostolus ad Roman. IX, 28, dicit: verbum abbreviatum faciet Deus super terram. Et hoc quidem est verbum fidei, quod praedicamus. Intentionem humanam brevi oratione rectificavit: in qua dum nos orare docuit, quomodo nostra intentio et spes tendere debet, ostendit. Humanam iustitiam quae in legis observatione consistit, uno praecepto caritatis consummavit. Plenitudo enim legis est dilectio. Unde apostolus, I Cor. XIII, 13, in fide, spe et caritate, quasi in quibusdam salutis nostrae compendiosis capitulis, totam praesentis vitae perfectionem consistere docuit, dicens: nunc autem manent fides, spes, caritas. Unde haec tria sunt, ut beatus Augustinus dicit, quibus colitur
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