{"product_id":"9781622821587","title":"One-Minute Aquinas","description":"\u003cp\u003ePope St. Pius said that \"in one year, a man can derive more profit from the works of St. Thomas Aquinas than from a lifetime studying the works of others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you don't have a year to study the more than 3,000 pages St. Thomas wrote, then turn to \u003cem\u003eThe One-Minute Aquinas,\u003c\/em\u003e the fast-paced book that provides busy readers with simple, readable explanations of the truths that, for 750 years now, have caused the works of St. Thomas to be sought out by kings and popes, scholars and saints, as well as by ordinary souls like you — hungry to know God and to love him more and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book's lucid pages, author Kevin Vost gives you small, digestible portions of St. Thomas's life-giving wisdom that you can enjoy one minute at a time. Tables and graphics will help you grasp and remember St. Thomas's key ideas with a minimum of time and effort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest of all, in \u003cem\u003eThe One-Minute Aquinas\u003c\/em\u003e you'll find quick, sure refutations of the countless relativistic, secular, and pseudoscientific ideas that are so influential in our culture today — and so shallow, contradictory, and wrong!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePope John Paul II declared that “the Church has been justified in consistently proposing St. Thomas as a master of thought and a model of the right way to do theology.” Now \u003cem\u003eThe One-Minute Aquinas\u003c\/em\u003e enables even those with limited time and only a modest education to benefit from the wisdom of this great saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, with minimal effort and among scores of other things, you'll finally come to know and understand:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy God permits evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eHeaven: what it is (and is not)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFive simple proofs that God exists\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy God became man\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy Jesus let himself be tempted\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow you can grow quickly in virtue\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy all souls need the sacraments\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy Jesus let himself be crucified\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe causes of lust \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe natural law and the Commandments \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe soul, free will, sin, and damnation\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe angels, their ranks, and their powers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow God governs (and refrains from governing) \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGod's power and its limits\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Bible: why didn't Jesus just write it himself?\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe surprising qualities of our resurrected bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058523324656,"sku":"9781622821587","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781622821587_p0.jpg?v=1763865768","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781622821587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}