The ''Editio Leonina'' or Leonine Edition is the edition of
the works of
Saint Thomas Aquinas originally sponsored by
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...
in 1879.
The Leonine Commission (''Commissio leonina'') is the group of scholars working on the ongoing project of critically editing the works of Aquinas. The first superintendent of the commission was
Tommaso Maria Zigliara
Tommaso Maria Zigliara, OP (29 October 1833 – 11 May 1893) was a Corsican priest of the Catholic Church, a member of the Dominicans, a theologian, philosopher and a cardinal.
Early life
Zigliara was born on 29 October 1833 at Bonifacio a se ...
, professor and rector of the ''Collegium Divi Thomae de Urbe'' (the future
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
A pontifical ( la, pontificale) is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy ...
). Its current seat is in Paris, ''rue de la Glacière '' and it is currently (as of 2015) chaired by friar Adriano Oliva. The editions are published with ''editions du Cerf'', the historical Dominican publishing house in France founded in 1929 at the request of
Pope Pius XI.
Aquinas' main work, the ''
Summa Theologiae'', was edited in nine volumes (tt.IV–XII) during 1888–1906.
As of 2014, the ''Editio Leonina'' comprises 39 volumes, representing about half of the entire scope of the project.
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*t.III. In libros Aristotelis
De caelo
''On the Heavens'' (Greek: ''Περὶ οὐρανοῦ''; Latin: ''De Caelo'' or ''De Caelo et Mundo'') is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BC, it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings ...
et
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). Roma, 1888–1906.
*t.XIII-XV. ''
Summa contra Gentiles
The ''Summa contra Gentiles'' (also known as ', "Book on the truth of the Catholic faith against the errors of the unbelievers") is one of the best-known treatises by St Thomas Aquinas, written as four books between 1259 and 1265.
Whereas the '' ...
''. Roma, 1918–1930.
* t.XXI. Quaestiones De potentia Dei,
d. R.-A. Gauthier orthcoming
* t.XXII.1-3. Quaestiones disputatae De veritate,
d. A. Dondaine Ed. Leon., Roma: Editori di san Tommaso, 1972-1976.
* t.XXIII. Quaestiones disputatae De malo,
d. P.-M. Gils Roma - Paris 1982.
* t.XXIV-1 Questiones disputate De anima, ed. B.-C. Bazán. Roma - Paris, 1996.
* t.XXIV-2, Quaestio disputata De spiritualibus creaturis, ed. J. COS. Roma - Paris, 2000.
* t.XXV.1-2. Quaestiones de quolibet,
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Iob ad litteram,
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d Sanctae Sabinae 1965.
* t.XXVIII. Expositio super
Isaiam ad literam,
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d Sanctae Sabinae Editori di San Tommaso, 1974.
*t.XL. ''Opuscula'', vol.I. Romae
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*t.XLI, Opuscula, vol.II. Romae
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*t.XLII ''Opuscula'', vol.III. Roma: Editori di San Tommaso, 1979.
*t.XLIII ''Opuscula'', vol.IV. Roma: Editori di san Tommaso, 1976.
* t.XLVI. Sentencia
libri Metaphysice, ed. J.P. Reilly. (in preparation)
* t.XLV-1. Sentencia libri De anima,
d. R.-A. Gauthier Roma - Paris, 1984.
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De memoria et reminiscencia, in Sentencia libri
De sensu et sensato cuius secundus tractatus est De memoria et reminiscencia...,
d. R.-A. Gauthier Roma - Paris, 1985.
*t.XLVII.1-2.
Sententia libri Ethicorum,
d. R.-A. Gauthier Romae
d Sanctae Sabinae 1969.
*t.XLVIII. Sententia libri Politicorum,
dd H.F. Dondaine et L-J. Bataillon Romae
d Sanctae Sabinae 1971, p.A.69-A.205.
*t.XLVIII. Tabula libri Ethicorum,
d. R.-A. Gauthier Romae
d Sanctae Sabinae 1971, p.B.63-B.158.
*t.L. Expositio libri
Boetii De ebdomadibus,
dd L-J. Bataillon et C.A. Grassi Super Boetium De Trinitate,
d. P.-M.J. Gils Roma - Paris, 1992.
See also
*
List of works by Thomas Aquinas
The collected works of Thomas Aquinas are being edited in the '' Editio Leonina'' (established 1879).
As of 2014, 39 out of a projected 50 volumes have been published.
The works of Aquinas can be grouped into six categories as follows:
#Works w ...
References
*Concetta Luna, "L'édition léonine de saint Thomas d'Aquin", ''Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques'' 89 (1/2005) 31–110.
* "La Commission léonine: Philologie et histoire au service de la pensée", ''Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques'', Vrin, (2004).
External links
commissio-leonina.org
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