Which thinker is the author of Summa Theologiae?

Which thinker is the author of Summa Theologiae?

• A. Albert the Great
• B. Thomas Aquinas
• C. Peter Lombard
• D. Anselm of Canterbury

Answer: (B)

Thomas Aquinas authored Summa Theologiae. This monumental 13th‑century work is a systematic compilation of Catholic theology, presenting questions, objections, and detailed answers that synthesize faith with Aristotelian philosophy. Albert the Great was Aquinas’s teacher and influence, but he did not write the Summa. Peter Lombard wrote the Four Books of Sentences, a foundational scholastic text preceding Aquinas’s era. Anselm of Canterbury, though earlier and influential, did not author the Summa.

Thomas Aquinas authored Summa Theologiae. This monumental 13th‑century work is a systematic compilation of Catholic theology, presenting questions, objections, and detailed answers that synthesize faith with Aristotelian philosophy. Albert the Great was Aquinas’s teacher and influence, but he did not write the Summa. Peter Lombard wrote the Four Books of Sentences, a foundational scholastic text preceding Aquinas’s era. Anselm of Canterbury, though earlier and influential, did not author the Summa.