Thomas Aquinas: Spiritual Master

Winner of the Catholic Book Award for Spirituality

Thomas Aquinas is widely considered the greatest and most influential of Catholic theologians. Yet too often his insights into the nature of God and the meaning of life are seen as somehow cold, impersonal, and divorced from spirituality. In this award-winning book, Bishop Robert Barron shows how Aquinas’ profound understanding of the Christian mystical life animates and helps explain his writings on Jesus Christ, creation, God’s “strange” nature, and the human call to ecstasy.

“When one interprets Thomas merely as a rationalist philosopher or theologian, one misses the burning heart of everything he wrote. Aquinas was a saint deeply in love with Jesus Christ, and the image of Christ pervades the entire edifice that is his philosophical, theological, and scriptural work. Above all, Thomas Aquinas was a consummate spiritual master, holding up the icon of the Word made flesh and inviting others into its transformative power.”

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Word on Fire Academic
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1943243794
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1943243792
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.72 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #137,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #296 in Religious Philosophy (Books) #518 in History of Christianity (Books) #724 in Christian Church History (Books)
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