by Revista Espíritu | 167-2024
The work by Lucas Prieto Sánchez La conservación del universo según santo Tomás de Aquino responds perfectly to what its title indicates, and constitutes an important and up-to-date contribution on this subject in the extensive bibliography on the Angelic doctor. It is an issue that has not always been given sufficient attention, as it has been hidden behind others, which has sometimes contributed to its disfigurement. The present study, some of whose contributions have already been published in the form of articles, allows us to enter into the depth of this subject. We present below the main contents of the book under review, which corresponds to the author’s doctoral thesis, supervised by Fr Bonino op, at the Angelicum.
by Revista Espíritu | 167-2024
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.
by Revista Espíritu | 146-2013
Aquinas frequently (forty times) refers to boethian definition of person: rationalis naturae individua substantia. He uses such notion in trinitarian, christological and anthropological contexts. We find this definition in relationship with main faith principles about Trinity and Incarnation, depending on the Magisterium of Lateranense IV and the great christological councils. The use of boethian definition may be count among the preambula fidei and it is relevant both for theology and philosophy
