{"product_id":"angelic-virtues-and-demonic-vices-aquinass-practical-principles-for-reaching-heaven-and-avoiding-hell","title":"Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAngelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Fr. Basil Cole, OP · Published by TAN Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOverview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work draws on St Thomas Aquinas’s teaching to show how the Christian life is formed by cultivating virtue and overcoming vice so that the faithful may pursue heaven with clarity of purpose and moral strength. Grounded in Sacred Scripture and the Church’s moral tradition, it outlines virtues and their opposing vices so that readers can discern and reject what leads to sin while embracing the path of grace and holiness. ([turn0search0](https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/angelic-virtues-and-demonic-vices-cole-basil-op\/1142816219))\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains how St Thomas Aquinas frames the pursuit of virtue as the pathway to eternal beatitude. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentifies key vices and their “daughters” so the reader can recognize and resist them in life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how the moral life is shaped by cooperation with divine grace and the practice of Christian virtues. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourages a deeper desire for sanctity by contrasting the horrors of vice with the beauty of virtuous living.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents practical moral principles for everyday Christian decision making rooted in tradition. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntended Audience\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is suited for Catholics and clergy who wish to deepen their understanding of Christian virtue, for readers desiring tradition rooted moral guidance in living the faith, and for those seeking to grow in holiness through clearer insight into the nature of vice and virtue as taught by the Angelic Doctor. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngelic virtues understood through Aquinas’s moral theology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognition and rejection of demonic vices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoral guidance rooted in Scripture and tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical principles for pursuing holiness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"tanbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43968257359990,"sku":"3194","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5433\/0998\/files\/345535_source_1743716131.jpg?v=1786465525","url":"https:\/\/tanbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/angelic-virtues-and-demonic-vices-aquinass-practical-principles-for-reaching-heaven-and-avoiding-hell","provider":"tanbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}