{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-christ-our-savior-the-person-life-and-redemption-of-jesus-according-to-st-thomas-aquinas","title":"The Mystery of Christ Our Savior: The Person, Life, and Redemption of Jesus According to St. Thomas Aquinas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ns-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Mauro Gagliardi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Jesus Christ - and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edo His life, suffering, and glory matter so profoundly for your salvation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, the work of St. Thomas Aquinas has endowed the Church with one of her most luminous and unified visions of Christ, not as an abstract figure of debate but as the living Word made flesh, whose every action reveals God's saving love. Yet today, many Catholics find Aquinas intimidating and inaccessible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this masterful, remarkably clear work, Fr. Mauro Gagliardi opens the heart of Aquinas's Christology and soteriology to modern readers, drawing directly from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSumma Theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand presenting its riches in a form that is faithful, readable, and spiritually fruitful. Written originally for students, priests, and catechists, this book now offers all English-speaking readers a rare opportunity to access Aquinas's thought without requiring specialized philosophical training or endless time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a backdrop of theologians who fragmented Christ with their competing theories, Aquinas presents a harmonious vision of who Christ is - why He lived as He did, why He suffered, and how His Passion, Resurrection, and glorification truly save. Fr. Gagliardi guides you step-by-step through this vision, showing how Christology and salvation belong together and how this unity safeguards the Faith from confusion and error.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, you'll discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Aquinas insists that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eevery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eperfection belongs to Christ and how this truth transforms the way we understand His humanity, suffering, and glory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Christ's Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension form a single saving mystery, not isolated events competing for emphasis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat it means to say Christ is the Head of the Mystical Body and how His grace flows to you through the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Aquinas defends Christ's full humanity as fiercely as His divinity against both ancient and modern misunderstandings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Christ saves not only by dying but also by living, teaching, suffering, rising, and reigning - and why this matters for prayer, worship, and daily Christian life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow the use of a sound metaphysics helps us understand the mystery of Christ and His salvation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Fr. Gagliardi clarifies difficult concepts, anticipates modern objections, and highlights Aquinas's symbolic and mystical insights - always with an eye toward contemplation, conversion, and fidelity to revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a textbook for specialists. 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