De Sortibus: A Letter to a Friend about the Casting of Lots - Softcover

Aquinas, Thomas

 
9781725289765: De Sortibus: A Letter to a Friend about the Casting of Lots
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1725289768 ISBN 13: 9781725289765
Verlag: Cascade Books, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This book makes De Sortibus, Thomas Aquinas’s letter to a friend on the casting of lots, available in clear English for the first time. The letter was written around 1270 and was prompted by the question of whether lots could be used to seek God’s will in the appointment of a bishop. We’ve all tossed a coin, or pulled straws to see who goes first, or opened the Bible to see if we could resolve an issue with a message from God. These are the kinds of things that Aquinas talks about to show us when casting lots is a good idea and when it’s just superstition. The translation is accompanied by an introduction that sets the letter in its historical context, a brief overview of the life of Thomas Aquinas, and eight short essays that shine light from different angles onto this delightful work. This letter serves as a great gateway into the thought and method of one of the world’s greatest thinkers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nicholas Ayo is a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross. He holds the S.T.L. degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and the Ph.D. in literature from Duke University. After ten years teaching literature at the University of Portland in Oregon, Father Ayo became the Director of Novices for the Congregation of Holy Cross in North America. He taught in the Great Books Program at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 until his retirement in 2004. His other books include 'The Sermon-Conferences of St. Thomas Aquinas' (1988); 'The Creed as Symbol' (1989); 'The Lord's Prayer' (1992); 'The Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon' (1994); 'The Sacred Marriage: The Wisdom of the Song of Songs'; 'Where Joy and Sorrow Meet' (1998); 'Signs of Grace: Meditations on the Notre Dame Campus' (2001); and 'Times of Grace: Spiritual Rhythms of the Year at the University of Notre Dame' (2004).

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Verlag
Cascade Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1725289768
ISBN 13 
9781725289765
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Anzahl der Seiten
106
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