This section is devoted to essays on Thomistic philosophy, theology, scholarship, and topics related thereto.
Subordinated Causality as Illustration of Philosophy's Service to Theology
/TAYLOR PATRICK O’NEILL, PhD
There is a plethora of examples of the service which philosophy provides to theology. Perhaps one of the best examples is that of subordinated causality.
Read MoreWhat is a Thomist? The Contribution of John of St. Thomas
/JÖRGEN VIJGEN, PhD
What accounts for the essence and unity of Thomism? Two approaches have been developed: a doctrinal approach and a methodological approach, but a third approach has been developed by John of St. Thomas.
Read MoreAquinas on Name in Sacramental Formulae
/BRANDON L. WANLESS, PhD (cand.)
Aquinas provides the theological ratio underpinning the words of the sacramental formulae, namely, of baptizing, confirming, and absolving precisely “in the name of” the Trinity.
Read MoreA Thomistic Critique of Cartesian Dualism
/PAUL CHUTIKORN
Aquinas’ view of substance provides a solution to Descartes’ problem by avoiding a theory of dual substances. Aquinas shows us that we can acknowledge a duality within substance itself, while maintaining its inherent substantial unity.
Read MoreAquinas' View of Israel in the Isaiah Commentary
/JOSHUA MADDEN, PhD
As the commentary on Isaiah is one of the few which St. Thomas composed on the Old Testament, it is worth taking stock of the manner in which he speaks specifically of Israel and the Jews, even if only briefly.
Read MoreMORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW
/RYAN J. BRADY, PhD
The New Law, which is perfect, supplies what was lacking in it. Both are directed to man’s justification, but the Old Law did not provide the means for its fulfillment as the New Law does.
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