Introduction:

Mother Marie de l’Assomption op (Émilie d’Arvieu), a Dominican of the Holy Spirit born in 1974, has published two extensive works, which form a unit, on nature and grace in Saint Thomas. They are Nature et grâce chez saint Thomas d’Aquin, L’homme capable de Dieu (Paris, Parole et Silence, 2021) [=NG1] and De la grâce à la béatitude, Nature et grâce chez saint Thomas d’Aquin II. Nouvelles perspectives (Paris, Parole et Silence, 2022) [=NG2]. These are two voluminous volumes of 858 and 828 pages, corresponding respectively to his civil (the first) and canonical (the second) doctoral theses.