title: Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology: Latin Text and English Translation: Disputations 1-23 (Studies in Medieval and ... & Sources, 5) (English and Latin Edition)
author: Riemer Faber
description: "This book includes an impressive critical apparatus. The original Latin text and the English translation appear face-to-face on every page, offering access for further academic study and comparison. Footnotes provide detail on church fathers, theological terms, and issues referred to in the text, making it easier to follow. The editors have also included an excellent glossary of Latin theological concepts and terms. In addition, a general index and index of scriptural references serve as helpful tools to use this text more effectively. An extensive bibliography of primary and secondary works provides opportunities for those who intend to pursue additional research."<br/>Martin I. Klauber, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In: <i>Renaissance Quarterly</i>, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 338-339.<br/><br/>"The translation by Riemer Faber is fluid, accurate, and readable. ... With this new edition of the <i>Synopsis</i>, the editors and translator have made an important treatise of Reformed scholasticism accessible to a much wider audience. Their efforts are commendable, and we anticipate the subsequent volumes that will complete the set."<br/>Keith D. Stanglin, Austin Graduate School of Theology. In: <i>Calvin Theological Journal</i>, Vol. 50, No. 2 (2015), pp. 318-320.<br/><br/>"impressive ... a valuable contribution to the study of historic Reformed theology."<br/>Wes Bredenhof, Free Reformed Church of Launceston, Australia. In: <i>The Confessional Presbyterian</i>, Vol. 11 (2015), pp. 220-222.<br/>
zlib_text: Titlepage
  p i
  Compendium of Theology
  By
  St. Thomas Aquinas
  Translated by
  Cyril Vollert, S.F., S.T.D.
  PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY
  ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, ST. MARYS, KANSAS
  THE SCHOOL OF DIVINITY OF ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY
  B. HERDER BOOK CO.
  15 & 17 SOUTH BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS 2, MO.
  AND
  33 QUEEN SQUARE, LONDON, W. C.
  1952
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  Printed in U.S.A.
  p i
  IMPRIMI POTEST
  Joseph P. Zuercher, S.J.,
  Praepositus Provincialis
  Provinciae Missourianae
  NIHIL OBSTAT
  G. H. Guyot, C.M.,
  Censor Librorum
  IMPRIMATUR
  (+) Joseph E. Ritter, S.T.D.,
  Archiepiscopus
  Sti. Ludovici, die 18 Novembris, 1947
  p i
  
  Copyright 1947
  B. HERDER BOOK CO.
  Fourth Impression
  Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton and New York
  p iii
  Dedicated by the Author
  to Brother Reginald, His Friend and Companion
  and by the Translator
  to His Mother and Father
  TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
  p v
  This translation of the Compendium theologiae of St. Thomas was undertaken for the beneﬁt of students 
  and readers who are eager to acquaint themselves with the tho