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Thomas Aquinas Summa Sparknotes

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Throughout our lives, we have had a multitude of seasons that have shaped our thoughts and our relationship with Christ. We all have secrets that are hidden in the back of our minds locked in a box that we're afraid to reveal to others. Thomas Aquinas's Summa picks apart the theological questions that individuals ponder daily. Questions regarding creation itself, the purpose of evil, and the problems of prediction. But while reading this book, a question popped into my head- Is God aware of everything we think and do? Aquinas immediately answers this question, "I answer that… Whatever therefore can be made, or thought, or said by creature, as also whatever He Himself can do, all are known to God" (pg.139-140) The Bible defines God as Omniscient.

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