New English Translation of St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae (Summa Theologica)

by Alfred J. Freddoso
John and Jean Oesterle Professor Emeritus of Thomistic Studies
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

University of Notre Dame

Dedicated to Debbie Collins-Freddoso (1949-2017)

Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans, in lateribus domus tuae

Pretiosa in conspectu Domini mors sanctorum eius


(updated July 11, 2023)
I am presently embarked on the admittedly foolhardy project of translating the whole of the Summa Theologiae. Will I ever finish? Well, at least I have started.  As I fashion the latest drafts of the various questions, I make them available here in .pdf format.  I am constantly making unannounced revisions to these files.  But the latest versions are those available here on any given day.

Part 1 and Part 1-2 and Part 2-2 are complete in a loose sense.  
That is to say, I'm constantly revising them as I have occasion to re-read them.  A slightly earlier version of the Treatise on Law (Part 1-2, questions 90-108) came out in book form in 2009 from St. Augustine's Press (click here for the Amazon site). Likewise, a slightly earlier version of The Treatise on Human Nature (Part 1, questions 75-102) came out in book form in 2010 from St. Augustine's Press (click here for the Amazon site).

Comments are welcome, no matter what their nature.  At present I am especially interested in receiving corrections to the treatises in Part 2-2 from the treatise of prudence on. (Experts on religious life are especially invited to look at ST 2-2, qq. 184-189). I have already incorporated the truly amazing number of corrections that I have received to this point. I am grateful to all of you who have sent corrections, especially to a couple of people who have gone way beyond anything I could have dreamt of or hoped for.

And so it's on to Part 3! Just 90 more questions.



Prima Pars (Part 1)
Pars Prima-Secundae (Part 1-2)
Pars Secunda-Secundae (Part 2-2)
Tertia Pars (Part 3)



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