From the Abbey Library

Reading List: Heaven & Hell, Angels & Saints

Books

Kreeft, Peter. Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing. Ignatius Press. 1989.

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The Weight of Glory
Peter Kreeft waxes poetic in this beautiful essay on the call to Heaven that sings in each person's soul. This is an excerpt from his book, Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing.

Lectures

Aquinas and the Angels:
There may be more to angels than it seems
Sex in Heaven:
Imaging the fire of God's love
Time and Eternity:
C.S. Lewis's insights on these intriguing topics
10 Uncommon Insights Into Evil from Lord of the Rings:
Calls attention to Tolkien's great words reminding us about forgotten wisdom on evil
The Dark Side:
Shining light on three kinds of evil: suffering, death and sin

Summa Theologica

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Angels: First Part (Prima Pars), Questions 50-64
Angels & Demons: First Part (Prima Pars), Questions 106-114
Heaven: First Part (Prima Pars), Questions 102
The state of the soul in heaven: Supplement to the Third Part (Supplementum Tertiæ Partis), Quesitons 91-99

St. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa

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