Thomas Aquinas Study Circle: Statutes
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Ad primum ergo dicendum quod, sicut dicit Augustinus in Enchiridio, Deus,
cum sit summe bonus, nullo modo sineret aliquid mali
esse in operibus suis, nisi esset adeo omnipotens et bonus, ut bene faceret
etiam de malo. Hoc ergo ad infinitam Dei bonitatem pertinet, ut esse
permittat mala, et ex eis eliciat bona. (S.T. I, q.2,
a.3, ad 1)
As Augustine says in the Enchiridion, "Since God is maximally
good, He would not allow any evil to exist in His works
if He were not powerful enough and good enough to draw good even from
evil." Therefore, it is part of God's infinite goodness that He should
permit evils and elicit goods from them. (S.T. I, q.2, a.3, ad
1)
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Thomas Aquinas online
Summa Theologiae: the incomparable
theological masterpiece
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the Thomas Aquinas Study Circle's blog
How
to Read an Article in Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
The
Twenty-Four Fundamental Theses of Official Catholic Philosophy, trans. P.
Lumbreras, O.P., S.T.Lr., Ph.D.
Aquinas: Opera Omnia
(in Latin and English)
The literal translation by the "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
was done solely and entirely by one man: Father
Laurence Shapcote (18641947).
Links for further reading: Thomists and
noble friends
Ralph McInerny (1929-2010)
W. Norris
Clarke, S.J. (1915-2008)
Josef Pieper
(1904-1997)
Walker Percy (1916-1990)
Étienne
Gilson (1884-1978)
Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977)
Jacques
Maritain (1882-1973)
Charles
De Koninck (1906-1965)
Reginald
Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (1877-1964)
Flannery
O'Connor (1925-1964)
St. Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Benedict Ashley, O.P.
Romanus Cessario, O.P.
Lawrence
Dewan, O.P.
Edward Feser
John Knasas
Martin
Rhonheimer
James
V. Schall, S.J.
William
A. Wallace, O.P.
Thomas
Joseph White, O.P.
John Wippel
Thomas
Aquinas in English translation: A Bibliography
Thomas kept his Latin simple and straightforward, wanting nothing to come between
his readers and truth. Consequently, learning enough Latin to consult his works
in the original takes far less time and effort than learning to read Cicero
or Livy or Vergil. You can do it, and on-line resources can help. If not, here's
a bibliography of English translations.
THE THEOLOGY OF
THOMAS AQUINAS: BIBLIOGRAPHY
This recent, select bibliography appears in Thomas O'Meara, O.P., THE THEOLOGY
OF THOMAS AQUINAS (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997).
Bibliographia Thomistica:
all the scholarship on Thomas Aquinas