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Why God wrote the Summa Theologica

Posted by David Anderson on 2002-09-01

"Paul Roberts"  wrote
> I'm afraid I disagree. Yes, God is beauty as well as truth. That
> doesn't mean that the language of the Bible should be regarded as
> "beautiful". I don't think that is its purpose at all. It is there to
> communicate a message.

Yes, that is why God wrote the Summa Theologica.  Unfortunately, it got
replaced with a lot of old stories, some biographies, a few letters, a large
quantity of poetry, and an allegorical vision of the end of the world.  The
Summa Theologica was forgotten until it was rediscovered by Thomas of Aquino
in the thirteenth century.  Even now, only a few theologians rate the Summa
Theologica as highly as it deserves.  And it's never read out in church as
God intended it to be.