Shield of Thomistic Theology - On the Nature and Attributes of God, Vision, Knowledge, Will, Providence, and the Apology of the Thomists, Volume I - Jean Baptiste Gonet

This first volume of Gonet’s Shield of Thomistic Theology offers a systematic treatment of the divine nature and attributes within the classical Thomistic tradition. Written in defense of scholastic theology, it follows the intellectual framework of Thomas Aquinas, presenting God as the first cause and absolutely simple, infinite being.

The work carefully examines foundational questions in natural theology, including divine existence, simplicity, perfection, immutability, eternity, and omnipresence. Gonet employs rigorous scholastic argumentation to show how these attributes follow necessarily from the concept of God as pure act and self-subsistent being.

Marked by precision and a strongly defensive tone typical of Counter-Reformation scholasticism, this volume aims both to clarify Thomistic doctrine and to safeguard it against alternative philosophical interpretations. It serves as a structured introduction to the metaphysical study of God as understood in the Dominican tradition.