The Glory of God's Grace: Deification According to St. Thomas

The Glory of God's Grace: Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas (Faith and Reason Studies in Catholic Theology and Philosophy)

The Glory of God's Grace offers the first full-length comprehensive study of Thomas's teaching on deification in its scriptural, patristic, philosophical, developmental, and systematic context. Daria Spezzano traces Thomas's theology of deification throughout the Summa, exploring in depth how the notion of deification links his treatments of the divine missions and image, the journey to beatitude through the moral life, adopted sonship through Christ and his sacraments, and the deiform worship of the beatific vision. Also examined are Thomas's other works, in particular his Scripture commentaries, as well as the evolution of his thought. Spezzano argues that Thomas's theology of deification in the Summa theologiae demonstrates his mature vision of God's loving and sapiential ordering of predestined human persons to communion with himself by a progressive participation in the divine likeness and activity, accounting for both the primacy of divine causality in all its modes and the fullness of graced human freedom. The fruit of this theology is ultimately doxological: the deification of adopted sons gives praise to God's glory by fully manifesting God's gracious plan to share the divine life with rational creatures.
Country USA
Brand Sapientia Press Ave Maria Univ
Manufacturer Sapientia Press Ave Maria Univ
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2009358302
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781932589726
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Sapientia Press Ave Maria Univ
Manufacturer	Sapientia Press Ave Maria Univ
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2009358302
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781932589726
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Glory of God's Grace: Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas (Faith and Reason Studies in Catholic Theology and Philosophy)

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