Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Trinity and Creation: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Trinity and Creation, credited to Saint Thomas Aquinas, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Trinity and Creation, by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Read by Jim Ruddy. The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasonings for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God.(Summary adapted from the Wikipedia) This is part two of six parts of the Prima Pars, consisting of questions regarding the Trinity and Creation.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Summa Theologica, Prima Pars, Trinity and Creation
• Author credits: Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 10:41:51

Catalogue topics

• aquinas
• religion

Track guide

1. 27 - Question 27: The Procession of the Divine Persons — 28:59
2. 28 - Question 28: The Divine Relations — 27:05
3. 29 - Question 29: The Divine Persons — 34:25
4. 30 - Question 30: The Plurality of Persons in God — 26:17
5. 31 - Question 31: Of What Belongs to the Unity or Plurality of God — 24:16
6. 32 - Question 32: The Knowledge of the Divine Persons — 29:37
7. 33 - Question 33: Of the Person of the Father — 23:07
8. 34 - Question 34: Of the Person of the Son — 22:53
9. 35 - Question 35: Of the Image — 8:03
10. 36 - Question 36: Of the Person of the Holy Ghost — 34:51
11. 37 - Question 37: Of the Name of the Holy Ghost--Love — 16:11
12. 38 - Question 38: Of the Name of the Holy Ghost, as Gift — 9:00
13. 39 - Question 39: Of the Persons in Relation to the Essence — 54:01
14. 40 - Question 40: Of the Persons as Compared to the Relations or Properties — 25:54
15. 41 - Question 41: Of the Persons in Relation to the Notional Acts — 36:55
16. 42 - Question 42: Of Equality and Likeness among the Divine Persons — 37:16
17. 43 - Question 43: The Mission of the Divine Persons — 41:28
18. 44 - Question 44: The Procession of Creatures from God, and of the First Cause of all Things — 21:00
19. 45 - Question 45: The Mode of Emanation of Things from the First Principle — 43:31
20. 46 - Question 46: Of the Beginning of the Duration of Creature — 30:59
21. 47 - Question 47: Of the Distinction of Things in General — 18:11
22. 48 - Question 48: The Distinction of Things in Particular — 29:32
23. 49 - Question 49: The Cause of Evil — 18:34

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