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Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas (A Beginner’s Guide)

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ISBN: 9781941447970

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Preaching was immensely important in the medieval Church. Renowned medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas expended much time and effort preaching. Today, however, Aquinas’s sermons remain relatively unstudied and underappreciated. This is largely because their sermo modernus style, typical of the thirteenth century, can appear odd and inaccessible to the modern reader. In Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas, Randall Smith guides the reader through Aquinas’s sermons, explaining their form and content. In the process, one comes to appreciate the sermons in their rhetorical brilliance, beauty, and profound spiritual depth while simultaneously being initiated into a fascinating world of thought concerning Scripture, language, and the human mind. The book also includes analytical outlines for all of Aquinas’s extant sermons. Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide is an indispensable volume for those interested in the thought of Aquinas, in the intellectual and spiritual milieu in which he worked, and in the manifold ways of preaching the Gospel message.

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  1. Forrest Cole

    Forrest Cole

    9/21/2024

  2. Kevin Clarke, Ph.D.
    I wrote in a review of this excellent book on Sacra Doctrina's Thomistica website in 2017: "Thomas’s biblical theology is a much-underappreciated facet of his theology, but the increasing availability of his commentaries are bringing his biblical theology more to the fore. Smith's text further illustrates Thomas’s mode of exegesis within the context of preaching the faith." It's too long of a review to copy and paste here. Head over to Thomistica if you want to read the rest of it.

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