Summa Theologica Plus Appendices Dom Central
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS SUMMA THEOLOGICA Literally translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Second and Revised Edition, 1920. PROLOGUE Because the Master of Catholic Truth ought not only to teach the proficient, but also to instruct beginners (accord- ing to the Apostle: “As Unto Little Ones in Christ, I Gave You Milk to Drink, Not Meat”—1 Cor. iii. 1, 2), we pur- pose in this book to treat of whatever belongs to the Chris- tian Religion, in such a way as may tend to the instruction of beginners. We have considered that students in this Science have not seldom been hampered by what they have found written by other authors, partly on account of the multipli- cation of useless questions, articles, and arguments; partly also because those things that are needful for them to know are not taught according to the order of the subject-matter, but according as the plan of the book might require, or the occasion of the argument offer; partly, too, because frequent repetition brought