"It is from the new truths contained in the great philosophical potential of Christianity that Christian metaphysics derives its main characteristics. It will always be a “'creationist”', “'personalistic”', “'spiritualistic”' and “'agapic”' metaphysics. (introduction, p. 15)"
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Battista Mondin
1926 – 2015
q:it:Battista Mondin (1926 - 2015) was an Italian friar, Thomist philosopher and theologian, and historian.
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