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Representing the highest quality of scholarship, Gilles Emery
offers a much-anticipated introduction to Catholic doctrine on the
Trinity. His extensive research combined with lucid prose provides
readers a resource to better understand the foundations of
Trinitarian reflection. The book is addressed to all who wish to
benefit from an initiation to Trinitarian doctrine. The path
proposed by this introductory work comprises six steps. First the
book indicates some liturgical and biblical ways for entering into
Trinitarian faith. It then presents the revelation of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit in the New Testament, by inviting the reader
to reflect upon the signification of the word "God." Next it
explores the confessions of Trinitarian faith, from the New
Testament itself to the Creed of Constantinople, on which it offers
a commentary. By emphasizing the Christian culture inherited from
the fourth-century Fathers of the Church, the book presents the
fundamental principles of Trinitarian doctrine, which find their
summit in the Christian notion of "person." On these foundations,
the heart of the book is a synthetic exposition of the persons of
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in their divine being and
mutual relations, and in their action for us. Finally, the last
step takes up again the study of the creative and saving action of
the Trinity: the book concludes with a doctrinal exposition of the
"missions" of the Son and Holy Spirit, that is, the salvific
sending of the Son and Holy Spirit that leads humankind to the
contemplation of the Father.
A Distinguished Theologian on the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Distinguished theologian Matthew Levering offers a historical
examination of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, defending an
Augustinian model against various contemporary theological views. A
companion piece to Levering's Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation,
this work critically engages contemporary and classical doctrines
of the Holy Spirit in dialogue with Orthodox and Reformed
interlocutors. Levering makes a strong dogmatic case for conceiving
of the Holy Spirit as love between Father and Son, given to the
people of God as a gift.
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This volume by a respected theologian offers fresh consideration of
the work of famous fourth-century church father Athanasius, giving
specific attention to his use of Scripture, his deployment of
metaphysical categories, and the intersection between the two.
Peter Leithart not only introduces Athanasius and his biblical
theology but also puts Athanasius into dialogue with contemporary
theologians.
This volume launches the series Foundations of Theological Exegesis
and Christian Spirituality. Edited by Hans Boersma and Matthew
Levering, the series critically recovers patristic exegesis and
interpretation for contemporary theology and spirituality. Each
volume covers a specific church father and illuminates the exegesis
that undergirds the Nicene tradition. The series contributes to the
growing area of theological interpretation and will appeal to both
evangelical and Catholic readers.
Leading theologian Matthew Levering presents a thoroughgoing
critical survey of the proofs of God's existence for readers
interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of
atheism. Beginning with Tertullian and ending with Karl Barth,
Levering covers twenty-one theologians and philosophers from the
early church to the modern period, examining how they answered the
critics of their day. He also shows the relevance of the classical
arguments to contemporary debates and challenges to Christianity.
In addition to students, this book will appeal to readers of
apologetics.
Although not well-known in the English-speaking world, Fr. Ambroise
Gardeil, OP (1859-1931) was a Dominican of significant influence in
French Catholic thought at the turn of the 20th century.
Conservative theologians like Frs. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, OP,
Michel Labourdette, OP, Jean-Hervé Nicolas, OP and many others
hailed him as a careful expositor of the supernaturality of faith,
a defender of the theological nature of rational apologetics, and a
spiritual master. The True Christian Life provides a thorough and
stirring introduction to Fr. Gardeil's work in spiritual theology.
The volume was originally published posthumously through the
collaboration of Fr. Gardeil's nephew, Fr. Henri-Dominique Gardeil,
OP and Jacques Maritain. Fr. Ambroise, prior to beginning work on
his masterpiece on spiritual experience, La Structure de l'âme et
l'expérience mystique, drafted nearly eight-hundred pages that
would have set forth a full presentation of moral-ascetical
theology. While drafting this massive work, his reflection on the
soul's receptive capacity for grace led him to the two-volume
study, La Structure, and he never was able to finish his original
designs for a comprehensive study of the Christian moral-spiritual
life. Soon after his death, his nephew gathered several essays from
the Revue thomiste and Revue de Jeunes, along with a
complete-but-unpublished study on prayer. Drafting a lengthy
introduction on the basis of Fr. Ambroise's unpublished notes, Fr.
Henri-Dominique assembled a volume of moral / spiritual theology
that sets out the principles of many important themes: divinization
through grace, Christian prudence /conscience, the virtue of
religion, devotion, and prayer. In this volume, the reader will
find a clear and rhetorically striking presentation of the central
mysteries of the spiritual life, presented with stirring and
beautiful rhetoric by a theological master from the Thomist
tradition.
Thomas Aquinas possessed excellent knowledge of the commentaries of
Origen, John Chrysostom, and Augustine. On the basis of this
foundation, he produced his own commentary on the Gospel of John as
part of his task as a Master of the Sacred Page. Considered a
landmark theological introduction to the Fourth Gospel, these
lectures were delivered to Dominican friars when Aquinas was at the
height of his theological powers, when he was also composing the
Summa theologiae. For numerous reasons, the Summa has received far
more attention over the centuries than has his Commentary on the
Gospel of John. However, scholars today recognize Aquinas's
biblical commentaries as central sources for understanding his
theological vision and for appreciating the scope of his Summa
theologiae. The first English translation of Aquinas's Commentary
on the Gospel of John by Fabian Larcher and James Weisheipl,
originally published nearly two decades ago and long out of print,
is available to scholars and students once again with this edition.
Published in three volumes simultaneously, it includes a new
introduction and notes pointing readers to the links between
Aquinas's biblical commentary and his Summa theologiae. When a
verse from the Gospel of John is directly quoted in the Summa
theologiae, the editors note this in the Commentary. Aquinas's
patristic sources, including Origen and Augustine, are carefully
identified and referenced to the Patriologia Latina and Patrologia
Graeca. The Commentary's connections with Aquinas's Catena Aurea
are also identified. ""While the most significant aspect of the
publication is Aquinas's text itself, the introduction and notes
provide excellent aides to the reader and enrich the text. Daniel
Keating and Matthew Levering contribute a clear and helpful
introduction to the translation, providing brief but very useful
explanatory notes about early writers and controversies.""--David
M. Gallagher. The three volumes in the Commentary on the Gospel of
John will be sold individually and as a set.
Explore the question of the extent of Christ's atonement: to whom
will grace be extended in the end? Will only professing Christians
be saved? Or does the Bible suggest that the breadth of Grace is
greater? And, if so, what does that mean for the Church? These are
questions of great importance for the Christian faith and to our
understanding of Scripture. This volume of the clear and
fair-minded Counterpoints series elevates the conversation about
atonement to include a range of contributors who represent the
breadth of Christian tradition: Traditional Reformed: Michael
Horton Wesleyan: Fred Sanders Roman Catholic: Matthew Levering
Eastern Orthodox: Andrew Louth Barthian Universalism: Tom Greggs
This book serves not only as a single-volume resource for engaging
the views on the extent of the atonement but also as a catalyst for
understanding and advancing a balanced approach to this core
Christian doctrine.
Reading Job with St. Thomas Aquinas is a scholarly contribution to
Thomistic studies, specifically to the study of Aquinas's biblical
exegesis in relation to his philosophy and theology. Each of the
thirteen chapters has a different focus, within the shared
concentration of the book on Aquinas's Literal Exposition on Job.
The essays are arranged in three Parts: "Job and Sacra Doctrina";
"Providence and Suffering"; and "Job and the Moral Life". Boyle's
opening essay argues that Aquinas's commentary seeks to show what
is required in the "Magister" (namely, Job and God) for the
effective communication of wisdom. Mansini's essay argues that by
speaking, God reveals the virtue of Job and its value in God's
providence; without the personal revelation or speech of God, Job
could not have known the value of his suffering. Vijgen's essay
explores the commentary's use of Aristotle for reflecting upon
divine providence, sorrow and anger, resurrection, and the new
heavens and new earth. Levering's essay explores the commentary's
citations of the Gospel of John and argues that these pertain
especially to divine speech and to light/darkness. Bonino's essay
explains why divine incomprehensibility does not mean that Job is
wrong to seek to understand God's ways. Te Velde's essay explores
how Aquinas's commentary draws upon the reasoning of his Summa
contra gentiles with regard to the good order of the universe.
Goris's essay reflects upon how, according to Aquinas's commentary,
sin is and is not related to suffering. Knasas's essay argues that
Aquinas does not hold that the resurrection of the body is a
necessary philosophical corollary of the human desire for
happiness. Wawrykow's essay explores merit, in relation to the
connection between sin and punishment/affliction as well as to the
connection between good actions and flourishing. Spezzano's essay
shows that Job's hope and filial fear transform his suffering,
making him an exemplar of the consolation they provide to the just.
Mullady's essay reflects upon the moral problems and opportunities
posed by the passions, along with the ordering of the virtues to
the reward of human happiness. Flood's essay shows how Aquinas
defends Job's possession of the qualities needed for true
friendship (including friendship with God), such as patience,
delight in the presence of the friend, and compassion. Lastly,
Kromholtz's essay argues that although Aquinas's Literal Exposition
on Job never extensively engages eschatology, Aquinas depends
throughout upon the reasonableness of hoping for the resurrection
of the body and the final judgment.
Contemporary scholars often refer to "the event of Vatican II," but
what kind of an event was it? In this first book of the new CUA
Press series Sacra Doctrina, Matthew Levering leads his readers to
see the Council as a "theological event"-a period of confirming and
continuing God's self-revelation in Christ into a new historical
era for the Church. This is an introduction to Vatican II with a
detailed summary of each of its four central documents-the dogmatic
constitutions-followed by explanations of how to interpret them. In
contrast to other introductions, which pay little attention to the
theological soil in which the documents of Vatican II germinated,
Levering offers a reading of each conciliar Constitution in light
of a key theological author from the era: Rene Latourelle, SJ for
Dei Verbum (persons and propositions); Louis Bouyer, CO for
Sacrosanctum Concilium (active participation); Yves Congar, OP for
Lumen Gentium (true and false reform); and Henri de Lubac, SJ for
Gaudium et Spes (nature and grace). This theological event is
"ongoing," Levering demonstrates, by tracing in each chapter the
theological debates that have stretched from the close of the
council till the present, and the difficulties the Church continues
to encounter in encouraging an ever deeper participation in Jesus
Christ on the part of all believers. In this light, the book's
final chapter compares the historicist (Massimo Faggioli) and
Christological (Robert Imbelli) interpretations of Vatican II,
arguing that historicism can undermine the Council's fundamental
desire for a reform and renewal rooted in Christ. The conclusion
addresses the concerns about secularization and loss of faith
raised after the Council by Henri de Lubac, Joseph Ratzinger, and
Yves Congar, arguing that contemporary Vatican II scholarship needs
to take these concerns more seriously.
Inspiration and Interpretation provides readers with a much needed
general theological introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture.
Denis Farkasfalvy presents the Catholic understanding of biblical
inspiration, canon, and interpretation from historical and
systematic points of view, starting with the apostolic age and
ending with Dei Verbum of the Second Vatican Council. Although
written from an explicitly Catholic point of view, the book is of
import to non-Catholic Christians, especially traditional
Protestants interested in exploring the foundations of biblical
theology retained and developed by the Reformation. The book begins
with a thoughtful examination of the way inspiration and
interpretation made their interrelated appearance in the early
Church, from Pauline exegesis and the Gospel tradition to the early
patristic teaching and preaching of the fourth and fifth centuries.
It continues through the medieval period, surveying monastic and
scholastic exegesis, and leads to a presentation of the new context
in which inspiration, canon, and exegesis appeared amid the
doctrinal and cultural changes of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Surveying the effects of Trent and its aftermath, Farkasfalvy leads
the reader to an understanding of the new biblicism embedded in the
problems of the nascent rationalist age and historical
consciousness. This is followed by a more detailed examination of
modern Catholic biblical theology and its confrontation with and
assimilation of the critical-historical method. Finally, the author
provides a doctrinal synthesis on inspiration and interpretation in
the context of contemporary Catholic theology. Bringing together a
wide range of disciplines--New Testament, exegesis, history, and
systematic theology--Farkasfalvy illuminates the connection between
the logic and history of biblical interpretation as a theological
problem and the practice of biblical exegesis as a problem-solving
exercise, one that seeks to answer, rediscover, and reformulate the
ongoing hermeneutical quest of theology.
The conversation of this book is structured around five major
documents from the Second Vatican Council, each of which Barth
commented upon in his short but penetrating response to the
Council, published as Ad Limina Apostolorum. In the two opening
essays, Thomas Joseph White reflects upon the contribution that
this book seeks to make to contem porary ecumenism rooted in
awareness of the value of dogmatic theol ogy; and Matthew Levering
explores the way in which Barth's Ad Limina Apostolorum flows from
his preconciliar dialogues with Catholic repre sentatives of the
nouvelle theologie and remain relevant to the issues facing
Catholic theology today. The next two essays turn to Dei Verbum,
the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation; here Katherine
Sondereg ger (Protestant) reflects on scripture and Lewis Ayres
(Catholic) reflects on tradition. The next two essays address the
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, which touches
upon central differences of Cath olic and Protestant
self-understanding. Christoph Schwoebel (Protestant) analyzes
visible ecclesial identity as conceived in a Protestant context,
while Thomas Joseph White (Catholic) engages Barth's Reformed crit
icisms of the Catholic notion of the Church. The next two essays
take up Nostra Aetate: Bruce McCormack (Protestant) asks whether it
is true to say that Muslims worship the same God as Christians, and
Bruce D. Marshall (Catholic) explores the implications of the
Council's reflections on the Jewish people. The next two essays
take up the Pastoral Constitu tion on the Church in the Modern
World, Gaudium et Spes: John Bowlin (Protestant) makes use of the
thought of Aquinas to consider the prom ise and perils of the
document, while Francesca Aran Murphy (Catho lic) engages
critically with George Lindbeck's analysis of the document. The
next two essays explore Unitatis Redintegratio: Hans Boersma (Prot
estant) asks whether the ecumenical intention of the document is im
paired by its insistence that the unity of the Church is already
present in the Catholic Church, and Reinhard Hutter (Catholic)
systematically addresses Barth's questions regarding the document.
The noted ecumen ist and Catholic theologian Richard Schenk brings
the volume to a close by reflecting on "true and false ecumenism"
in the post-conciliar period.
Most theology students realize Augustine is tremendously
influential on the Christian tradition as a whole, but they
generally lack real knowledge of his writings. This volume
introduces Augustine's theology through seven of his most important
works. Matthew Levering begins with a discussion of Augustine's
life and times and then provides a full survey of the argument of
each work with bibliographical references for those who wish to go
further. Written in clear, accessible language, this book offers an
essential introduction to major works of Augustine that all
students of theology--and their professors --need to know.
In Mary's Bodily Assumption, Matthew Levering presents a
contemporary explanation and defense of the Catholic doctrine of
Mary's bodily Assumption. He asks: How does the Church justify a
doctrine that does not have explicit biblical or first-century
historical evidence to support it? With the goal of exploring this
question more deeply, he divides his discussion into two sections,
one historical and the other systematic. Levering's historical
section aims to retrieve the rich Mariological doctrine of the
mid-twentieth century. He introduces the development of Mariology
in Catholic Magisterial documents, focusing on Pope Pius XII's
encyclical Munificentissimus Deus of 1950, in which the bodily
Assumption of Mary was dogmatically defined, and two later
Magisterial documents, Vatican II's Lumen Gentium and Pope John
Paul II's Redemptoris Mater. Levering addresses the work of the
neo-scholastic theologians Joseph Duhr, Alois Janssens, and
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange before turning to the great theologians
of the nouvelle theologie-Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar,
Louis Bouyer, Joseph Ratzinger-and their emphasis on biblical
typology. Using John Henry Newman as a guide, Levering organizes
his systematic section by the three pillars of the doctrine on
which Mary's Assumption rests: biblical typology, the Church as
authoritative interpreter of divine revelation under the guidance
of the Holy Spirit, and the fittingness of Mary's Assumption in
relation to the other mysteries of faith. Levering's ecumenical
contribution is a significant engagement with Protestant biblical
scholars and theologians; it is also a reclamation of Mariology as
a central topic in Catholic theology.
Thomas Aquinas possessed excellent knowledge of the commentaries of
Origen, John Chrysostom, and Augustine. On the basis of this
foundation, he produced his own commentary on the Gospel of John as
part of his task as a Master of the Sacred Page. Considered a
landmark theological introduction to the Fourth Gospel, these
lectures were delivered to Dominican friars when Aquinas was at the
height of his theological powers, when he was also composing the
Summa theologiae. For numerous reasons, the Summa has received far
more attention over the centuries than has his Commentary on the
Gospel of John. However, scholars today recognize Aquinas's
biblical commentaries as central sources for understanding his
theological vision and for appreciating the scope of his Summa
theologiae. The first English translation of Aquinas's Commentary
on the Gospel of John by Fabian Larcher and James Weisheipl,
originally published nearly two decades ago and long out of print,
is available to scholars and students once again with this edition.
Published in three volumes simultaneously, it includes a new
introduction and notes pointing readers to the links between
Aquinas's biblical commentary and his Summa theologiae. When a
verse from the Gospel of John is directly quoted in the Summa
theologiae, the editors note this in the Commentary. Aquinas's
patristic sources, including Origen and Augustine, are carefully
identified and referenced to the Patriologia Latina and Patrologia
Graeca. The Commentary's connections with Aquinas's Catena Aurea
are also identified. ""While the most significant aspect of the
publication is Aquinas's text itself, the introduction and notes
provide excellent aides to the reader and enrich the text. Daniel
Keating and Matthew Levering contribute a clear and helpful
introduction to the translation, providing brief but very useful
explanatory notes about early writers and controversies.""--David
M. Gallagher. The three volumes in the Commentary on the Gospel of
John will be sold individually and as a set.
Marriage as an institution faces many challenges today. This volume
presents essential wisdom from the 2000 year-old Christian
tradition that is as true and valuable today as it always was. The
readings present positive resources for understanding the sacrament
of marriage as a beautiful and sacred Christian vocation, a context
in which difficult times can be worked through with grace. Marriage
also involves family, even if the couple has no children. In
marrying a spouse, one marries his or her whole family. The
readings embrace family life as well. Levering introduces
historically arranged texts from Christian saints and spiritual
leaders describing the nature and value of marriage, offering
counsel about how to live out marriage as part of a life of faith,
or depicting their own experience of family life. This volume has
much to offer married couples, people preparing for marriage, and
classroom study of marriage and family.
St. Thomas Aquinas produced his Commentary on the Romans near the
end of his life while working on the Summa theologiae and
commenting on Aristotle. The doctrinal richness of Paul’s Letter
to the Romans was well known to the church fathers, including
Origen and Augustine, on whom Aquinas drew for his commentary. With
this rich collection of essays by leading scholars, both Catholic
and Protestant, Aquinas’s commentary will become a major resource
for ecumenical biblical and theological discussion. Authored by
theologians, historians, and biblical scholars, Reading Romans with
St. Thomas Aquinas contributes to a historical reconstruction of
Aquinas’s exegesis and theology by addressing such topics as: the
Holy Spirit, the Church, the faith of Abraham, worship, preaching,
justification, sin and grace, predestination, Paul’s apostolic
vocation, the Jewish people, human sexuality, the relationship of
flesh and spirit in the human person, the literal sense of
Scripture, Paul’s use of the Old Testament, and the relationship
of Aquinas’s commentary on Romans to his Summa theologiae. This
volume fits within the contemporary reappropriation of St. Thomas
Aquinas, which emphasises his use of Scripture and the teachings of
the church fathers without neglecting his philosophical insight.
Contributors are Bernhard Blankenhorn, Markus Bockmuehl, Hans
Boersma, John F. Boyle, Edgardo Colón-Emericr, Holly Taylor
Coolman, Adam Cooper, Michael Dauphinais, Gilles Emery, Scott W.
Hahn, Mary Healy, John A. Kincaid, Matthew Levering, Bruce
Marshall, Charles Raith II, Geoffrey Wainwright, Michael Waldstein,
and Robert Louis Wilken. In On the Cessation of the Laws,
Grosseteste draws out the theological, christological, and
soteriological issues implicit in the question of the relationship
between the Old and New Covenants.
This is a rich, informative, and inspiring compendium of the
Christian tradition of prayer and contemplation from the earliest
days of the Church to the present day. Included are selections from
St. Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, St. Clement of Rome, St.
Gregory of Nyssa, John Cassian, St. Augustine, St. Gregory of
Sinai, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Ignatius Loyola,
St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, St. Francis de Sales, St.
Vincent de Paul, Lancelot Andrewes, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity,
St. Edith Stein, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar and
Pope John Paul II. Levering has selected readings that capture how
Christian saints and spiritual leaders through the ages have
understood what prayer is, why we pray, and how we pray. The
selections also integrate the Eastern Orthodox and Western
understandings of prayer and contemplation. The book is perfect for
study, meditation, and inspiration.
In The Achievement of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Matthew Levering has
written a book for theologically educated readers who mistrust von
Balthasar or who mistrust von Balthasar's critics. The book shows
that von Balthasar's critics can and should benefit both from the
rich and wide-ranging conversations that mark his trilogy and from
the critical and constructive engagement with German philosophical
modernity offered by the trilogy. In addition, Levering hopes to
show that those who mistrust von Balthasar's critics need to be
more Balthasarian in their response to criticisms of the Swiss
theologian. In this introductory volume, the focus is on the first
volume of each part of the trilogy. This approach exhibits the main
lines of von Balthasar's trilogy in a way that allows for an
introductory volume of manageable size. This approach also avoids
the more controversial volumes of the trilogy. Reading von
Balthasar with the goal of engaging his more controversial views is
certainly justifiable, but in an introductory book, the danger is
that some readers could miss the forest due to their opposition to
some of the trees. The Achievement of Hans Urs von Balthasar
contributes to the healing of the internecine conflicts that, since
the 1930s or earlier, have pitted Ressourcement theologians and
Thomistic theologians against each other with grave consequences
for the health of Catholic theology. Despite sharing a strong
belief in the faithful mediation of divine revelation through
Scripture and the Church, many Catholic theologians today find
themselves at loggerheads with each other. Easily forgotten by the
Ressourcement and Thomistic combatants is their shared commitment
to the theo-aesthetic beauty, theo-dramatic goodness, and
theo-logical truth of Christ's revelation of Trinitarian
self-surrendering love as our source and supernatural goal, and
their shared rejection of philosophical modernity's immanentism,
historicism, and power-centered voluntarism. The present book seeks
to highlight these shared commitments, while leaving room for
disagreement about von Balthasar's specific positions and
approaches.
With great foresight and vision for the Church, Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI carefully integrated theological, catechetical and
pastoral themes in the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Africae
Munus. Maurice A. Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew Levering, in the
introduction to this collection of reflections and studies focused
on the Pope Emeritus’ themes, affirm the African continent’s
status as a global center for the growth of the Catholic Church in
the twenty-first century and the future of the international
Catholic community. Â Â Â Building on the vitality
and enthusiasm of the Church in Africa, it is important to lift
their faith through scholarly research and academic reflections. We
cannot fully appreciate the dedication, commitment and perseverance
of the Catholic community throughout the African continent if we do
not know the truth of their sufferings and persecution and
understand their resilience in the light of faith. This collection,
drawn from the halls of academia, provides an important
contribution to the understanding and advancement of Catholic
Africa, following the insights and enlightenment of Pope Emeritus
Benedict. It is my hope that these essays will enrich your
understanding and experience of the Catholic faith. — From the
Preface by Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley
Thomas Aquinas possessed excellent knowledge of the commentaries of
Origen, John Chrysostom, and Augustine. On the basis of this
foundation, he produced his own commentary on the Gospel of John as
part of his task as a Master of the Sacred Page. Considered a
landmark theological introduction to the Fourth Gospel, these
lectures were delivered to Dominican friars when Aquinas was at the
height of his theological powers, when he was also composing the
Summa theologiae. For numerous reasons, the Summa has received far
more attention over the centuries than has his Commentary on the
Gospel of John. However, scholars today recognize Aquinas's
biblical commentaries as central sources for understanding his
theological vision and for appreciating the scope of his Summa
theologiae. The first English translation of Aquinas's Commentary
on the Gospel of John by Fabian Larcher and James Weisheipl,
originally published nearly two decades ago and long out of print,
is available to scholars and students once again with this edition.
Published in three volumes simultaneously, it includes a new
introduction and notes pointing readers to the links between
Aquinas's biblical commentary and his Summa theologiae. When a
verse from the Gospel of John is directly quoted in the Summa
theologiae, the editors note this in the Commentary. Aquinas's
patristic sources, including Origen and Augustine, are carefully
identified and referenced to the Patriologia Latina and Patrologia
Graeca. The Commentary's connections with Aquinas's Catena Aurea
are also identified.
This book introduces Catholic doctrine through the crucible of the
women mystics' reception of the gospel. The work of the great women
theologians of the Church's second millennium has too often been
neglected (or relegated to the category of 'mysticism') in
textbooks on Catholic doctrine. This is a shame, because their work
shows the interior conjunction of liturgical experience (broadly
understood), scriptural exegesis, philosophical reflection, and
doctrinal/creedal formulation. Drawing on their work, this book
presents the tenets of Catholic faith in a clear and accessible
manner, useful for introductory courses as well as for students and
scholars interested in the contributions of women to Catholic
theology. Women theologians in this book include Catherine of
Siena, Theresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Simone Weil and
others.
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