{"product_id":"2940014690386","title":"Contra Gentiles Vol. 1","description":"The Summa contra Gentiles is often portrayed as an early missionary's manual or handbook. Where the Summa Theologiæ was written to explain the Christian faith to theology students, the Summa contra Gentiles is more apologetic in tone, as it was written to explain and defend the Christian truth in hostile situations against unbelievers, with arguments adapted to fit the intended circumstances of its use, each article refuting a certain heretical belief or proposition. Instead of an mere elucidation of the length and breadth of Christian truth, Aquinas explains specific core articles of Christian belief.\u003cbr\u003eAquinas is one who regardless of your placement on your spiritual journey. Aquinas is the basis for so much of what we have come to regard as dogma. This work is essential to not only understanding Aquinas’s other works, but also our own journey. These issues, which he presents are not only fundamental, for many they are stumbling blocks, for others, they tend to be work around issues. These writings are the basics and yet essential works out of the plethora of works Aquinas has written. These are by no means the end all of him. They are merely the tip of a large glacier, which seems to forever be moving us forward.","brand":"Revelation Insight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175963541744,"sku":"2940014690386","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014690386_p0.jpg?v=1763613583","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014690386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}