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Thomas Aquinas: Selected Commentaries on the New Testament
Thomas Aquinas: Selected Commentaries on the New Testament is a selective anthology of Thomas Aquinas’ New Testament commentaries, collected and organized to reflect the centrality of Christ in the saint’s profoundly theological approach to the Bible. Complete with an introduction, explanatory footnotes, patristic source citations, and other research utilities, this volume offers an introduction to Thomas’ biblical theology suitable for students and independent readers at any level of exposure to his thought.
- GenresTheology
448 pages, Hardcover
Published August 1, 2022
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Thomas Aquinas
2,666 books1,137 followersPhilosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican friar and theologian of Italy and the most influential thinker of the medieval period, combined doctrine of Aristotle and elements of Neoplatonism, a system that Plotinus and his successors developed and based on that of Plato, within a context of Christian thought; his works include the
Summa contra gentiles
(1259-1264) and the
Summa theologiae
or theologica (1266-1273).
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.
People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."
Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.
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March 28, 2023
Saint Thomas Aquinas's most famous work is his Summa Theologiae, though perhaps his most popular is either Adoro te devote or Tantum ergo, though who in the pew really knows who writes hymns? His primary job as an academic in the 1200s was teaching and commenting on Scriptures. He wrote several commentaries which have been translated into English but are not readily available. To make an introduction to the texts for the academic crowd and others interested in his work, Jason Paone has brought together excerpts from various commentaries, interspersed with some of Aquinas's devotional poems.
Thomas's commentaries are highly organized and precise. When commenting on a set of Bible verses, he will break down in outline the points that the author is making. So he will say something like, "First, the author says this, second this, third this. About the first he makes two points. First he explains this, second he shows its relation to God's grace. In the first, he say..." The style makes the reader have to be very focused and retentive while reading. Such reading is well worth the effort as Thomas shows various ways that Church Fathers have taken a verse or various details that can be seen in the verse. He is very precise and has plenty of good insights. His style is a little dry compared to modern commentaries. This book is much better as devotional reading than as bedtime reading.
Recommended, highly if you want to dip your toe into Thomas's Biblical commentaries.
Thomas's commentaries are highly organized and precise. When commenting on a set of Bible verses, he will break down in outline the points that the author is making. So he will say something like, "First, the author says this, second this, third this. About the first he makes two points. First he explains this, second he shows its relation to God's grace. In the first, he say..." The style makes the reader have to be very focused and retentive while reading. Such reading is well worth the effort as Thomas shows various ways that Church Fathers have taken a verse or various details that can be seen in the verse. He is very precise and has plenty of good insights. His style is a little dry compared to modern commentaries. This book is much better as devotional reading than as bedtime reading.
Recommended, highly if you want to dip your toe into Thomas's Biblical commentaries.
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