Christ and Spirituality in St. Thomas Aquinas

by Jean-Pierre Torrell

Publisher:

Catholic University of America

, 2011

Overview

The studies in this volume investigate themes of particular spiritual relevance in Thomas Aquinas’ theology: friendship, charity, prayer, configuration to Christ, priesthood, preaching. Aquinas’ approach to theology was guided by the desire to grow spiritually through theologizing. Desiring to underscore the Trinitarian character of the Christian life, Aquinas pays careful attention to the human being as created in the image of God, with Christ as the model to imitate.

Contents

Top Highlights

“God is not the object of human action, of ‘something that is to be done.’ The theologian does not have God at his disposal: he can only situate himself in relation to God, see in him his origin and his end, bring back to God everything in the universe as well as his own actions, and finally, pray to him, adore him, humble himself before him in contemplation.” (Page 7)

“The second characteristic of theology, according to Thomas Aquinas, is that God is the subject of this unique science.” (Page 5)

“since it has God as its subject, theology is more a speculative than a practical science.^{9” (Page 6)}

“Only faith is able to make of theology a science of the real, because only faith allows us to encounter the Reality beyond the formulas that attempt to express it.” (Page 24)

“The subject is the extramental reality that the science seeks to know; the end of a science is no other than the knowledge of its subject.” (Page 5)

Product Details

• Title: Christ and Spirituality in St. Thomas Aquinas
• Author: Jean-Pierre Torrell
• Series: Thomistic Ressourcement Series
• Volume: 2
• Publisher: Catholic University of America
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Spirituality › Catholic Church; Theology, doctrinal › History--Middle Ages, 600-1500; Philosophy, Medieval; Catholic Church › Doctrines--History; Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
• ISBNs: 9780813218786, 0813218780
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTSPRTLTYQNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:21:26Z

About Jean-Pierre Torrell

Jean-Pierre Torrell is a Dominican priest of the Toulouse province and professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. From 1973 to 1981, he taught at the Gregorian University in Rome and was a member of the Leonine Commission, where he contributed to research on and editing of Aquinas’s works.