Skip to main content.

Summa Contra Gentiles, Second Book (On Creation)

Gelesen von M.S.C. Lambert, LC

(5 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

The Summa Contra Gentiles was composed by Thomas Aquinas between 1259 and 1265, in four books broadly covering teachings on God, on Creation, on Providence, and on tenets specific to Christianity. This Summa is not to be confused with his final Summa, the Summa Theologiae. The latter is specifically "theological" and directed to a Christian audience (hence Summa "Theologica"), whereas the former, as the "Contra Gentiles" indicates, is directed toward "non-Christian" thinkers. Implicitly a defence of the Catholic Christian faith, the first three books constitute a sort of rational apology of Christian thought, where philosophical arguments are deployed to defend Christian beliefs and usually only evoke Scripture in a latter instance to show its concordance with these largely-rational conclusions; the fourth book, however, is theological in character given that its content deals primarily with topics derived from Christian revelation. Although Thomas Aquinas certainly aims to discredit pagan, Jewish, Muslim or Christian-"heretical" positions incompatible with the Catholic Christian religion in this work, at the same time he incorporates whatever is salvageable from their thought, thus often quoting in his favor the very authors he discredits on other positions: therefore the "Contra Gentiles" of this Summa is not to be understood as an outright rejection of non-Christian thought, but rather as a sort of "rational purification" unto its Catholic assimilation, in disposing open minds to revealed Christian truths. (Summary by M.S.C. Lambert, LC) (13 hr 30 min)

Chapters

I. CONNECTION OF THE FOREGOING WITH THE SEQUEL

4:03

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

II. THAT THE CONSIDERATION OF CREATURES IS USEFUL FOR BUILDING UP OUR FAITH

5:14

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

III. THAT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE OF CREATURES AVAILS FOR REFUTING ERRORS A…

5:08

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

IV. THAT THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE THEOLOGIAN TREAT OF CREATURES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

4:07

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

V. ORDER OF THE THINGS TO BE SAID

0:59

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

VI. THAT IT BECOMES GOD TO BE THE SOURCE OF BEING TO OTHER THINGS

4:22

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

VII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS ACTIVE POWER

2:40

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

VIII. THAT GOD'S POWER IS HIS SUBSTANCE

2:45

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

IX. THAT GOD'S POWER IS HIS ACTION

2:19

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

X. IN WHAT WAY POWER IS ASCRIBED TO GOD

2:26

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XI. THAT SOMETHING IS SAID OF GOD IN RELATION TO CREATURES

2:28

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XII. THAT RELATIONS SAID OF GOD IN REFERENCE TO CREATURES ARE NOT REALLY IN GOD

3:50

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XIII. HOW THE AFORESAID RELATIONS ARE PREDICATED OF GOD

3:06

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XIV. HOW THE AFORESAID RELATIONS ARE PREDICATED OF GOD

1:33

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XV. THAT GOD IS TO ALL THINGS THE CAUSE OF BEING

8:34

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XVI. THAT GOD BROUGHT THINGS INTO BEING OUT OF NOTHING

11:37

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XVII. THAT CREATION IS NEITHER MOVEMENT NOR CHANGE

3:28

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XVIII. HOW TO SOLVE THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST CREATION

2:47

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XIX. THAT IN CREATION THERE IS NO SUCCESSION

5:50

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XX. THAT NO BODY CAN CREATE

5:22

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXI. THAT IT BELONGS TO GOD ALONE TO CREATE

10:51

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXII. THAT GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS

8:02

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXIII. THAT GOD DOES NOT ACT OF NATURAL NECESSITY

8:35

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXIV. THAT GOD WORKS ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM

4:33

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXV. HOW THE ALMIGHTY IS SAID TO BE UNABLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS

9:58

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXVI. THAT THE DIVINE INTELLECT IS NOT CONFINED TO CERTAIN DETERMINED EFFECTS

5:14

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXVII. THAT THE DIVINE WILL IS NOT CONFINED TO CERTAIN EFFECTS

1:36

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXVIII. HOW THERE IS ANYTHING DUE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS

8:28

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXIX. HOW THERE IS ANYTHING DUE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS

6:26

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXX. HOW THERE CAN BE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY IN CREATED THINGS

16:56

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXI. THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR CREATURES TO HAVE BEEN ALWAYS

6:09

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXII. ARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO WISH TO PROVE THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD FROM GOD'…

9:56

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXIII. ARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD PROVE THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD FROM THE P…

7:39

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXIV. ARGUMENTS TO PROVE THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF T…

5:22

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXV. SOLUTION OF THE FOREGOING ARGUMENTS, AND FIRST OF THOSE THAT WERE TAKEN F…

10:52

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXVI. SOLUTION OF THE ARGUMENTS PRODUCED ON THE PART OF THE THINGS MADE

6:08

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXVII. SOLUTION OF THE ARGUMENTS TAKEN FROM THE MAKING OF THINGS

7:00

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXVIII. ARGUMENTS BY WHICH SOME ENDEAVOUR TO PROVE THAT THE WORLD IS NOT ETERN…

7:39

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XXXIX. THAT THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IS NOT FROM CHANCE

6:59

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XL. THAT MATTER IS NOT THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS

5:25

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLI. THAT THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IS NOT ON ACCOUNT OF A CONTRARIETY OF AGENTS

10:49

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLII. THAT THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IS NOT THE ORDER OF SEC…

8:46

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLIII. THAT THE DISTINCTION AMONG THINGS DOES NOT RESULT FROM SOME SECONDARY AG…

7:23

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLIV. THAT DISTINCTION AMONG THINGS DID NOT RESULT FROM THE DIVERSITY OF MERITS…

13:32

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLV. WHAT IS IN TRUTH THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS

7:26

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLVI. THAT FOR THE PERFECTION OF THE UNIVERSE IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THERE SHOUL…

7:27

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLVII. THAT INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES ARE CAPABLE OF WILLING

6:24

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLVIII. THAT INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES ARE OF FREE-WILL IN ACTING

6:08

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XLIX. THAT THE INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE IS NOT A BODY

6:46

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

L. THAT INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES ARE IMMATERIAL

6:21

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LI. THAT THE INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE IS NOT A MATERIAL FORM

2:50

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LII. THAT IN CREATED INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEIN…

8:01

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LIII. THAT IN CREATED INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES THERE IS ACT AND POTENTIALITY

3:28

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LIV. THAT COMPOSITION OF SUBSTANCE AND BEING IS NOT THE SAME AS COMPOSITION OF …

4:53

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LV. THAT INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES ARE INCORRUPTIBLE

16:48

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LVI. IN WHAT WAY IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE TO BE UNITED TO T…

10:52

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LVII. THE OPINION OF PLATO CONCERNING THE UNION OF THE INTELLECTUAL SOUL WITH T…

11:16

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LVIII. THAT THE NUTRITIVE, SENSITIVE, AND INTELLECTIVE FACULTIES IN MAN ARE NOT…

12:11

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LIX. THAT MAN'S POSSIBLE INTELLECT IS NOT A SEPARATE SUBSTANCE

12:25

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LX. THAT MAN DERIVES HIS SPECIES NOT FROM THE PASSIVE, BUT FROM THE POSSIBLE IN…

22:44

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXI. THAT THE AFORESAID OPINION IS CONTRARY TO THAT OF ARISTOTLE

4:24

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXII. AGAINST THE OPINION OF ALEXANDER ABOUT THE POSSIBLE INTELLECT

9:50

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXIII. THAT THE SOUL IS NOT A TEMPERAMENT, AS GALEN ASSERTED

3:35

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXIV. THAT THE SOUL IS NOT A HARMONY

2:49

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXV. THAT THE SOUL IS NOT A BODY

4:36

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXVI. AGAINST THOSE WHO SAY THAT INTELLECT AND SENSE ARE THE SAME

3:10

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXVII. AGAINST THOSE WHO SAY THAT THE POSSIBLE INTELLECT IS THE IMAGINATION

2:41

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXVIII. HOW AN INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE CAN BE THE FORM OF THE BODY

8:47

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXIX. SOLUTION OF THE ARGUMENTS BY WHICH IT WAS PROVED ABOVE THAT AN INTELLECTU…

6:34

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXX. THAT ACCORDING TO THE WORDS OF ARISTOTLE WE JUST SAY THAT THE INTELLECT IS…

5:20

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXI. THAT THE SOUL IS UNITED TO THE BODY IMMEDIATELY

2:37

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXII. THAT THE WHOLE SOUL IS IN THE WHOLE BODY AND IN EACH PART THEREOF

5:40

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXIII. THAT THERE IS NOT ONE POSSIBLE INTELLECT IN ALL MEN

30:20

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXIV. OF THE OPINION OF AVICENNA, WHO ASSERTED THAT INTELLIGIBLE FORMS ARE NOT…

11:56

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXV. SOLUTION OF THE ARGUMENTS WHICH WOULD SEEM TO PROVE THE UNITY OF THE POSS…

18:49

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXVI. THAT THE ACTIVE INTELLECT IS NOT A SEPARATE SUBSTANCE BUT PART OF THE SO…

17:18

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXVII. THAT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE POSSIBLE AND ACTIVE INTELLECT TO CONC…

7:54

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXVIII. THAT ARISTOTLE'S OPINION CONCERNING THE ACTIVE INTELLECT WAS NOT THAT …

14:01

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXIX. THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS NOT CORRUPTED WHEN THE BODY IS CORRUPTED

11:54

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXX. ARGUMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE SOUL IS CORRUPTED WHEN THE BODY IS CORRUPTED

6:49

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXI. ARGUMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE SOUL IS CORRUPTED WHEN THE BODY IS CORRUPTED

13:11

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXII. THAT THE SOULS OF DUMB ANIMALS ARE NOT IMMORTAL

14:36

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXIII. THAT THE HUMAN SOUL BEGINS TO EXIST WITH THE BODY

31:27

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXIV. SOLUTION OF THE FOREGOING ARGUMENTS

6:06

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXV. THAT THE SOUL IS NOT MADE OF GOD'S SUBSTANCE

7:24

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXVI. THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS NOT TRANSMITTED WITH THE SEMEN

7:51

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXVII. THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS BROUGHT INTO BEING THROUGH CREATION BY GOD

5:50

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXVIII. ARGUMENTS FOR PROVING THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS FORMED FROM THE SEMEN

9:17

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

LXXXIX. SOLUTION OF THE FOREGOING ARGUMENTS

23:44

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XC. THAT AN INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE IS UNITED AS A FORM TO NO OTHER THAN THE HUM…

10:52

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCI. THAT THERE ARE SOME INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE NOT UNITED TO BODIES

10:02

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCII. OF THE GREAT NUMBER OF SEPARATE SUBSTANCES

11:42

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCIII. THAT THERE ARE NOT SEVERAL SEPARATE SUBSTANCES OF ONE SPECIES

3:46

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCIV. THAT THE SEPARATE SUBSTANCE AND THE SOUL ARE NOT OF ONE SPECIES

3:02

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCV. HOW WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND GENUS AND SPECIES IN SEPARATE SUBSTANCES

6:19

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCVI. THAT SEPARATE SUBSTANCES DO NOT GATHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE FROM SENSIBLES

8:37

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCVII. THAT THE INTELLECT OF A SEPARATE SUBSTANCE ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS ACTUALLY

2:55

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCVIII. HOW ONE SEPARATE SUBSTANCE UNDERSTANDS ANOTHER

18:39

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

XCIX. THAT SEPARATE SUBSTANCES KNOW MATERIAL THINGS

4:29

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

C. THAT SEPARATE SUBSTANCES KNOW SINGULARS

5:28

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

CI. WHETHER SEPARATE SUBSTANCES KNOW ALL THINGS AT THE SAME TIME BY THEIR NATUR…

3:24

Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC

Bewertungen

Amazing

(5 Sterne)

These recordings are a gift to humanity. Seriously.