Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell

By Fr. Basil Cole, OP

Overview

This 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))

• Explains how St Thomas Aquinas frames the pursuit of virtue as the pathway to eternal beatitude. 
• Identifies key vices and their “daughters” so the reader can recognize and resist them in life
• Shows how the moral life is shaped by cooperation with divine grace and the practice of Christian virtues. 
• Encourages a deeper desire for sanctity by contrasting the horrors of vice with the beauty of virtuous living.
• Presents practical moral principles for everyday Christian decision making rooted in tradition. 

Intended Audience

This 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.