Joseph’s Reviews > Summa Theologica > Status Update

I've finished reading all of the questions in the Summa which St. Thomas completed before his death on March 7, 1274. I now only have the Supplement compiled by his socius Fra Reginald of Piperno based on St. Thomas's Commentary on the Sentences. I should finish the treatise on the sacrament of penance right around Easter Sunday.

I've finished volume 4! I'm now moving into the final volume! At my current rate, I will finish the part of the Summa which St. Thomas finished before his death on March 24, and I will finish the Supplement in June.

I've finished the Treatise on the Life of Christ. Now I move on to the sacraments!

Yesterday, I finished reading St. Thomas's treatise on the Incarnation. Now, I move into his 33-question treatise on the Life of Christ (1 question for every year of his life).

At the rate at which I am reading, I will be finished with this treatise on February 21.

I've finished the Secunda Pars. Now, it remains to read the Tertia Pars and the Supplement [the Incarnation and Life of Christ, the sacraments, and the four last things].

Updating to note that with the advent of the new liturgical year, I have hit a major milestone: I have now read 3 volumes of the 5-volume Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas.

I just finished St. Thomas's massive treatment of the virtue of justice in the Secunda Secundae. I now move on to the treatises on fortitude and temperance which should bring me to midway through December at my current rate.

I have finished the treatises on charity and prudence. I now move into one of the longest (if not the longest) treatise in the Summa: the treatise on justice. At my rate of 1 question per day, this should take me into October.

I've finished the treatises on faith and hope. Now I shall read the treatise on charity (which is the part of the secunda secundae to which I am most looking forward).