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Aquinas’s Five Proofs for the Existence of God. St. Mary's Press. The Summa Theologica is a famous work written by Saint Thomas Aquinas between AD 1265 and 1274. It is divided into three main parts and covers all of the core theological teachings of Aquinas’s time.
The Quinque viæ (Latin for "Five Ways") (sometimes called "five proofs") are five logical arguments for the existence of God summarized by the 13th-century Catholic philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas in his book Summa Theologica. They are:
4 Σεπ 2023 · These five proofs of Saint Thomas Aquinas have been consistently referenced by Catholics since he wrote them. They succinctly summarize the rational arguments for God’s existence, solidifying the Church’s reliance on both faith and reason as sources for truth.
The Five Ways, in the philosophy of religion, the five arguments proposed by St. Thomas Aquinas as demonstrations of the existence of God. The Five Ways are influential examples of natural theology, meaning that they are a concerted attempt to discern divine truth in the order of the natural world.
11 Αυγ 2020 · The contribution of St Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) to Western theology is inconceivable apart from his understanding of faith, reason, and the famous Five Ways of demonstrating the existence of God.
Summa Theologiae. I answer that, the existence of God can be proved in five ways. The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion. It is certain, and evident to our senses, that in the world some things are in motion.
In the First Article, Aquinas maintains that the proposition “God exists” is self-evident in itself, but not to us, and thus requires demonstration. The Second Article concludes that such a demonstration is indeed possible, despite objections to the contrary.
