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Norman L. Geisler reintroduces evangelicals to the man they “forgot,” clarifying Aquinas’ teachings about the nature of God, Scripture, faith, reason, and other key issues of apologetics and ethics. Aquinas, the author argues, “is a more articulate defender of the faith than anyone in our midst.” Roman Catholic Aquinas scholar Robert N. Campbell observes that Geisler “makes a good case for his...

if he comes upon the word oblatio, he analyzes the four conditions required for an offering [cf. Matt. 5:23]; the word timor, he recalls to mind the different species of fear [cf. John 15:15]; the particle per, he observes that this preposition denotes indirect causality [cf. John 1:3]; and so on.87 Aquinas presents much of his analysis in terms of the four causes88 (efficient, material, formal, and final) as did Albert and Bonaventure. This has the effect of clarifying issues and opening up new
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