One-minute Aquinas
Author / Publisher: Kevin Vost
Preface -- Introduction: The Questions That Matter Most -- Part I. How Can We Be Happy -- On Earth And In Heaven?. What Do We All Want? Happiness ; What Are We? Body And Soul ; What Does A Soul Do? ; Is It A Sin To Be Boring? ; Ruled By A Free Will ; Your Soul And Its Eleven Passions ; The Habits That Shape Your Soul ; Virtue: The Power To Do Good ; Is It A Sin To Love Wine? ; Missing The Mark: Vice And Sin ; Law: A Guide Toward A Goal ; Caught By Grace ; Is It A Sin To Be Curious? ; Faith: The Foundation Of Reason ; Hope: The Courage To See The Truth ; Charity: To Love God Through Our Neighbor ; Prudence Gets It Done ; Is It Fair To Lay An Ambush In War? ; Justice: Doing Right By God And Neighbor ; Fortitude: Captain Of The Soul ; Temperance: Taming The Mind's Confusion ; Is It A Sin To Belittle Yourself? ; Graces: Extraordinary Powers From God ; Are You A Thinker Or A Doer? ; Your Particular Gifts ; Does Science Hinder Or Help Our Devotion To God? --^ Part Ii. God. How To Think About God ; God Exists ; What Is God Not? ; Who Is He? ; Was It Fitting That Eve Was Made From Adam's Rib? ; The Trinity: Three Persons, One Perfection ; Why Did God Make The World? ; Angels: So Smart, They Don't Need To Think! ; On The First Day... What Happened? ; Does It Make Sense To Pray? ; God Rules... Every Single Thing! -- Part Iii. Who Is Christ?. Why Did God Become Man? ; Hail, Full Of Grace! ; Christ's Life, And What Made It Perfect ; Should We Pray For Ourselves -- Or For Others? ; Sacraments: The Seven Holy Signs Of God ; Baptism: The Gateway To Heaven ; Confirmation: Onward, Christian Soldier! ; The Holy Eucharist: The Hidden Deity ; Should We Pray To The Saints In Heaven Or To God Alone? ; Penance: The Escape From Sin ; Last Rites: To Prepare The Soul For Rising ; Holy Orders: Granting Spiritual Power ; I Get Distracted When I Pray. Does God Stop Listening? ; Matrimony: Conferring Grace Upon Nature ; The Body's Resurrection --^ To Perfection ; Last Things Last ; Why Was Our Lord's Cross A Cross? -- Conclusion: The One-lifetime Aquinas. Kevin Vost. Includes Bibliographical References.
ISBN: 9781622821587
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Pages: 304
