the Summa Contra Gentiles). But arguments for God's existence were not what got Aquinas in trouble with his contemporaries. What disturbed them was his rejection of the whole concept of what today ...

Several Catholics I know refer to it as the Summa Contra Gentiles. The next time someone tells you that the New York Times is a hotbed of anti-Catholicism, you might pull out today's paper.

A contemporary of Saint Thomas Aquinas, he inspired the theologian to write the "Summa Contra Gentiles" for the conversion of non-Catholics. At least 10,000 Muslims reportedly converted as a ...