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The Aquinas Catechism

Vatican calls this book a Masterpiece!

LAUDED BY OVER 25 POPES, the author gives you in this compact book an intro to the Faith, a refresher catechism by the Church's greatest mind, a mini-course in Scripture by an unexcelled master of the Bible (with 1,000 Scripture quotes), a brief course in theology taught by the Church's greatest theologian, and a defence of the Faith against its critics. Is it a Catholic masterpiece? You bet!

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"His teachings could have come only from a miraculous intervention by God." Pope John XXII

	"As it was said of old to the Egyptians in time of famine: Go to Joseph, that they might receive from him a supply of wheat to nourish their bodies, so We now say to all who are seeking the truth: Go to Thomas. "Go and ask Thomas for the food of sound doctrine, which nourishes souls for eternal life, and which he possesses in rich abundance." Pope Pius XI
St. Thomas Dedicating His Works to Christ by Santi de Tito (1593)

"The teachings of St. Thomas are so vast that they contain, like a sea, all the wisdom that flows from the ancients: all the truths that had been spoken, all that had been wisely sifted by the pagan philosophers, by the Fathers and the Doctors of the Church, by the eminent men who flourished before him." Pope Leo XIII
	Sts. Gregory, Jerome, Augustine, and Dominic listen while St. Thomas teaches.
"Because his method is concise, clear and easily followed, even persons of little instruction are eager to possess his writings." Pope Pius XI

The most extraordinary
(and little known) book
ever written about our Faith

. . . was not written for philosophers or for theologians --- even though its author was the incomparable St. Thomas Aquinas, the man lauded by more than 25 popes as the Church's preeminent theologian.

Its pages contain the Lenten sermons St. Thomas preached to the townspeople of Naples in 1273, soon before his death. Citing almost 1,000 quotations from the Bible, St. Thomas preached eloquently on:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Sacraments

The Commandments

and

The Apostles' Creed


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Gathered together now in one book, these sermons constitute a complete catechism on the teachings and practices of our Faith, and reveal the profound links that bind Holy Scripture to each of them.

In one volume,
The Aquinas Catechism
gives you:

An introduction
to the Catholic faith

A refresher catechism
by the Church's greatest mind

A mini-course in Scripture
by an unexcelled master
of the Bible, with almost a
thousand Scriptural quotations

A brief course in theology
"taught" by the Church's
greatest theologian; and

A defense of the faith
against its critics

Best of all, because St. Thomas was not writing for scholars but preaching to laymen, anyone can profit from the saintly wisdom found here.

To ensure that happens, we have (as the Vatican joyfully notes below) designed our edition of these sermons for ease of use: boldfaced subheadings on every page make them easy to read and our handy 22 page appendix outlines the entire book for you.

"A Masterpiece!"
Vatican newspaper

"To give highlights of this masterpiece is difficult because so much is distilled. The benefits of prayer are presented so attractively that one wishes one could pray for hours on end. A very clever editor put in helpful headings and subheadings to bring out more clearly the meaning of the text. Now beginners and advanced scholars alike can understand the faith more aptly through these brilliant sermons of the Angelic Doctor."

L'Osservatore Romano 7/15/91

Don't pass up this
opportunity to learn from
St. Thomas Aquinas himself!

Among the things St. Thomas will teach you:

Why we ask the Lord not to lead us into temptation The five conditions necessary to prayer, and its three principal benefits Three ways in which Mary is full of grace, and why they're important What we must learn from Jesus' descent into Hell Where astrology is forbidden in the Apostles' Creed How we are to respond to God's Word Defenses against heresies that are still held Why Christ's judgment is to be feared (and four ways to prepare for it) The marks of the Catholic Church The qualities of the bodies of the blessed and of the damned The nature of eternal life and of eternal death Four things we should desire and pray for The effect of each Sacrament The necessary components of a good confession The three things we must do on the Sabbath (and the three we must avoid) Misconceptions and errors concerning the Sacraments Why faith is reasonable, not blind (as many say)

The sin that's most dangerous to the sinner himself "Thy kingdom come": what we're really asking for when we pray this How "Thou shalt not kill" applies to the death penalty and the killing of animals How we sometimes impede the grace of a Sacrament Who really administers the sacrament of Matrimony How Holy Orders changes the recipient The crucial differences between divine and human law God's rewards for honoring our parents (and His punishments for failure to do so) Others we must honor besides our parents How we may blaspheme without even knowing it How we can bear false witness unknowingly Four ways we can overcome sinful desires What it means to take God's name "in vain" The one kind of anger that is always sinful (and the two that are not) Common ways we "bear false witness" unwittingly, even in casual conversation "Concupiscence" defined. Four ways to overcome it And much more to help us all grow in wisdom and holiness!

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"St. Thomas's teachings have a singular force and virtue for curing the evils with which our age is afflicted."

Pope Leo XIII

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Other popes who urge you
to turn to St. Thomas:

Pope Nicholas V • Pope Pius IV • Pope St. Pius V • Pope Sixtus V • Pope Clement VIII • Pope Paul V • Pope Alexander VII • Pope Innocent XI • Pope Innocent XII • Pope Benedict XIII • Pope Clement XII • Pope Benedict XIV • Pope St. Pius X • Pope Benedict XV • Pope Pius XI • Pope Pius XII • Pope John XXIII • Pope Paul VI • Pope John Paul II • Pope Benedict XVI • and scores of others.

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"These sermons bear the mark of the Holy Spirit. They are filled with clarity and life."
The Word Among Us

"Flawless spiritual direction from the Church's premier theologian."
Midwest Book Review

The Aquinas Catechism
A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith
by the Church's Greatest Theologian
by St. Thomas Aquinas
Foreword by Ralph McInerny
$17.95  336 pgs ppbk

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For Young People: A Fascinating Biography Saint Thomas Aquinas $12.95  128 pgs ppbk

For Serious Students of Aquinas: Aquinas's Shorter Summa $22.95  432 pgs ppbk

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