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The Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica (transl. 'Summary of Theology'), often referred to simply as the Summa, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church.
Muslims claim that St. Thomas Aquinas stole the summa theologica from Muslim theologians, what should we say against this. And did St. Thomas misunderstand Ibn Rushd and Ibn Sina?
Jan 28, 2012 · Aquinas’ own words from the 1260s are worth a look today: “He (Mohammed) did not bring forth any signs produced in a supernatural way, which alone fittingly gives witness to divine inspiration; for a visible action that can be only divine reveals an invisibly inspired teacher of truth.
At the beginning of his massive Summa Theologiae (which means “A summation of theological knowledge”), Thomas stated, “In sacred theology, all things are treated from the standpoint of God.”
Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica (I, q.2, a.3) and Summa Contra Gentiles (I, 13). Islamic perspectives may be divided into positive Aristotelian responses strongly supporting the argument, such as those by Al-Kindi, and Averroes, and negative responses critical of it, including those by Al-Ghazali and Muhammad Iqbal.[15]
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The Summa contra Gentiles [a] is one of the best-known treatises by Thomas Aquinas, written as four books between 1259 and 1265. Whereas the Summa Theologiæ was written to explain the Christian faith to theology students, the Summa contra Gentiles is more apologetic in tone.
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Summa Theologica, by St. Thomas Aquinas, [1947], full text etext at sacred-texts.com
