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Document Details : Title: Thomas Aquinas Subtitle: Soteriology as a Doctrine of Friendship Author(s): DÖRNEMANN, Holger Journal: Marriage, Families & Spirituality Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Date: 2024 Pages: 286-291 DOI: 10.2143/INT.30.2.3293781 Abstract : On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the death of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), the author highlights a central theme of Thomas Aquinas’s main work, the Summa Theologiae. By presenting the inclusion of Aristotle’s doctrine of friendship in the most influential theological Summa of the Middle Ages, it becomes clear how the understanding of friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics, borrowed from the contemporary philosophical context, can be identified as a key architectural idea of the soteriology of the 'Common Doctor'. It can also be seen how, for Thomas, friendship with God is not only the result, but also the 'fitting', even 'most fitting', way of salvation itself. A central form of thought also emerges from today’s perspective: the doctrine of salvation in Christianity can be developed from an anthropological perspective and forms of interpersonal relationships, marriage and partnership, can be understood in close connection with this. |
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