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Contra gentiles by thomas aquinas on the truth of the catholic faith. For they could know the positions taken by the gentiles since they themselves had been gentiles, or at least had lived among the gentiles and had been instructed in their teaching. Book 3 treats of gods providence over all of creation from the perspective of what. Full text of the summa contra gentiles of saint thomas. It consists of 102 chapters, each of which postulates a particular attribute of god. The basic notion of absolute wisdom, common to the two notions of philosophy to be discussed below, is a systematic understanding of and ordering of the truth which is the origin of all truth, viz. There are some truths about god that exceed the capacity of human reasonfor example the fact that god is three and one.
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