Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas's systematic theological masterwork, cited by Lapide to show that even natural theology and scholastic philosophy ultimately derive from Sacred Scripture.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Article 1, question 1 cited: whether another doctrine besides philosophy is necessary
"St. Thomas teaches that Sacred Scripture treats even the first order of natural things, right at the very threshold of the Summa Theologica: for in article 1 of the first question"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Thomas cited: the second and third orders of things cannot be known without revelation
"everyone sees with St. Thomas that these were unknown to the philosophers (since they transcend the light of nature), and cannot be known without God's revelation"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Thomas cited: what is treated in the First Part concerning God's essence was drawn from Scripture
"those things which are treated in the First Part concerning God's essence and attributes, predestination, the angels, man, and the work of the six days... by St. Thomas and the Scholastics, have been drawn and derived from what we have learned through the revelation of Sacred Scripture"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Cited (I, q. 1, art. 10) for the doctrine of multiple literal senses
"St. Thomas cites and follows (Summa Theologiae I, q. 1, art. 10, in the body)"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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He Created
— Cited (Part I, q. 61, art. 5) on the universal emanation of all things from nothing
"as St. Thomas teaches, Part I, question 61, art. 5, the universal emanation of all things could only have come from nothing."
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Verse 11: Let the earth bring forth
— Cited (Part I, q. 70, art. 1) on God producing all plants suddenly in perfect size
"as St. Thomas teaches, I part, Question LXX, article 1."
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Verse 20: Let the Waters Bring Forth
— Cited (Part I, q. 71, art. 1) on fish from denser water, birds from more rarefied water
"St. Thomas, Part I, Question 71, article 1"
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Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature
— Cited (Part I, q. 69, art. 1, reply 2) on God's providence preventing predation before sufficient propagation
"So St. Thomas, Part I, Question 69, article 1, reply 2"