JOSÉ MARÍA SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ.
Ianua Coeli: Mary Mediatrix of humanity.
Doctrinal explanation and iconography.

Salvador González offers us a volume about the iconography of the Virgin Mary with a broad basis in theological literature. In previous works, this scholar has dealt with the Christian literature on Mary while studying Marian iconography, making him one of the most authoritative authors in this field. In the present work, among the different defining features of this female figure, the focus is on that of “mediator”.

Three unpublished manuscripts on grace and free will by Báñez

This article transcribes three unpublished manuscripts by Domingo Báñez. The first is a review on the opuscule by Chrysostom Javelli on predestination. Báñez believes that this writing is Pelagian and advances several arguments which he will later use against Luis de Molina and the Molinists. The second is the last preserved writing by Báñez: a letter to the Master General of the Dominicans where he mentions his hope of seeing an end to the dispute on grace and free will. The third is the account of Báñez’s death including his last words, in which he mentions the famous controversy de auxiliis.

God and “anthropocentrism” in Aristotle

Back Download text Author: David Torrijos Castrillejo Location: Espíritu: ISSN 0014-0716, Year 62, Issue 145 (January-June), 2013, pages 35-55 Language: Spanish Abstract: If the prime mover must be considered as efficient cause and not only as a final cause, then one...

Providence in St. Albert the Great

In these pages, we expose the main traits of the doctrine of providence of Saint Albert the Great, according to his systematic works, mainly his Summa of Theology. His discussion follows clearly the guidelines of the Summa of Alexander of Hales, in order to delve into the set of problems faced by theological tradition over the centuries. Albert also restates the reflections of different authors like Boethius or Saint John of Damascus and he gives his personal solution to the complex questions of providence, destiny and contingency of the world.

¿Dios con o sin el ser?. Apuntes acerca de la onto-teo-logía

La célebre crítica de Heidegger a la onto-teo-logía acusa a toda la metafísica occidental de habernos conducido al “olvido del ser”. En estas páginas prestaremos atención a dos intentos de responder a este ataque: el de Marion que, con Heidegger, prefiere liberar a Dios de la esfera del ser; el de Gilson, que atribuye a Tomás de Aquino una teología natural en cierta discontinuidad con la metafísica clásica. Por nuestra parte, pretendemos proponer una continuidad más clara entre el concepto cristiano de Dios y la ontología aristotélica en particular, la cual es de suyo abierta.

Franz Brentano y Tomás de Aquino

Santo Tomás tuvo siempre gran importancia en el pensamiento de Brentano. Su formación estuvo ligada al nacimiento de la así llamada “Neoescolástica” alemana (Neuscholastik), un proyecto que marcó su carrera incluso muchos años después de su abandono de la Iglesia católica.