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How to Cite the Summa
Layout of the Summa (ST)
- Volume (three volumes total)
- Question (topic)
- Article (multiple articles per question)
- Objections (possible answers)
- Sed contra (responses to possible answers)
- "I respond that" (Thomas' answer)
- Replies to objections
In-text citations
- (ST volume#.question#.article# section name).
- ex: If you are citing volume one, question two, article three, this is how it is cited:
- (ST 1.2.3 Abbreviation).
- Objection one: "Abbreviation"
- (ST 1.2.3 ad 1).
- Reply to objection one: "ad 1"
- (ST 1.2.3 resp).
- Thomas' respondeo: "resp"
- (ST 1.2.3 sed contra).
- Sed contra section: "sed contra"
Reference
- Aquinas, T. (year of the edition that you are using). Summa theologica. (L. Shapcote, Trans.). Publisher. URL if accessed online (Original work published 1265-1274)