by Revista Espíritu | 170-2025
This article proposes an account of the fundamental role of the theology and philosophy of the Angelic Doctor in the life of the church, drawing on an interpretation of the Motu Proprio Doctor Angelici. It argues that the charism of rational clarity, togheter with the gifts of knowledge and wisdom characterizes Thomas Aquinas’ thought and grounds the enduring mission of guiding the Church’s path, particularly in our time, given the distinctive capacity of his principles to enlighten, order and confirm in truth, and to dispel doubts and refute errors.
by Revista Espíritu | 162-2021, Uncategorized
Starting from the text of the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians where the apostle affirms that for him to live is Christ, we reflect on the scope of this affirmation in the light of the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas regarding the necessity of grace for the moral life and for understanding the dynamism of human life. The New Law, which is the grace of the Holy Spirit, transforms man into the image of the Word of God and inserts him into the Trinitarian dynamism, so that the total personality can only be understood when considered from this higher perspective.
by Revista Espíritu | 157-2019
Those of us who are familiar with the teaching of Pbro. Dr. Ignacio Andereggen we know that the titles of his productions always indicate very clearly the deep sense that inspires his elaboration.
by Revista Espíritu | 154-2017
The entire natural order and its being culminates in the perfection of nature given by the grace that we find in the human nature of the Person of the Word. The Thomasian study of Christ responds radically to the objection that western metaphysics has forgotten being, considering the relationship between being and nature from its Increate source. From the supposed scriptural point of view, we reflect on the Exposition of the Letter to the Ephesians, in which the Angelic explains the meaning of man perfected by his union with Christ. The perfection that Christ produces by being a perfect man is made explicit in christians, for each one is called to the spiritual perfection fulfilled in the Resurrection. If no human individual realizes all human perfection, in Christ there is all the perfection of human nature, because the divine Person of Christ exists by the divine Being. St. Thomas concludes with regard to the humanity of Christ as the Head of the Church, and this perspective is taken up by the Second Vatican Council. From a metaphysical point of view, “participation” is not enough to explain the union of the Incarnate Word. Humanity not only participates in the divine nature, but has the divine esse. The restoration of humanity is achieved when it reaches union with the immutability of God, the Ipsum esse subsistens, which is the Trinity revealed by Christ himself, through the personal and habitual grace of the incarnate Word, who leads us, and unites us to the Father.
