II.The Summa: Structures and Content I / The First Part / “Sacra Doctrina”GodGod in His WorkThe Second Part / A Circular PlanThe Second VolumeHuman ActsLaw and GraceIII.The Summa: Structures and Content II / The Virtues and the VicesA Morality of Virtues Major Themes of This Second Stage / The Theological VirtuesThe Queen of the Cardinal VirtuesThe Connection of the VirtuesParticular SituationsThe Third Part / A Review of the Structure of the SummaChrist / Reasons of AppropriatenessThe Humanity of ChristThe “Mysteries” of Christ’s LifeThe Sacraments / A Sanctifying RealityBody and SpiritThe Uncompleted End / IV.The Literary and Doctrinal Milieu / Literary Panorama / “Lectura”Questions and QuodlibetsSentencesSummasThe Christian Sources / The BibleThe FathersGreeks, Jews, and Arabs/ AristotleMedieval NeoplatonismThe StoicsAvicennaAverroësMaimonides V.The Summa through History / First Period (–) / First PolemicsThe Beginnings of ThomismSecond Period (–) / The Advent of the SummaCajetanVitoria and the School of SalamancaJohn of St.ThomasThe Jesuits and the CarmelitesVI.The Summa in the Twentieth Century / Aeterni Patris and Its Consequences / First FruitsRenewalTranslationsVatican II and Its Immediate AftermathThomism and Medievalism