Offering a fresh approach to one significant aspect of the soteriology of Thomas Aquinas, God's Grace and Human Action brings new scholarship and insights to the issue of merit in Aquinas's theology. Through a careful historical analysis, Joseph P. Wawrykow delineates the precise function of merit i
God's Grace and Human Action: 'Merit' in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
โ Scribed by Joseph P. Wawrykow
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 305
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Literature on Merit and Related Concepts
Chapter 2: The Early Teaching on Merit
Chapter 3: The Mature Teaching on Merit
Chapter Four: Concluding Observations: Thomas and His Authorities
Selected Bibliography
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