The collected works of
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...
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 written in direct connection to his teaching
#*Seven systematic disputations (''quaestiones disputatae''), on:
#**''Truth'';
#**''The union of the Incarnate Word'';
#**''The soul'';
#**''Spiritual creatures'';
#**''Virtues'';
#**''God’s power''; and
#**''Evil''.
#*Twelve quodlibetal disputations
#Philosophical commentaries
#*Eleven
commentaries on Aristotle
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;
#*Two expositions of works by
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known as Boethius (; Latin: ''Boetius''; 480 – 524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, ''magister officiorum'', historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the tr ...
;
#*Two expositions of works by
Proclus
#Lesser tractates and disputations
#*Five polemical works;
#*Five expert opinions, or ''responsa'';
#*Fifteen letters on theological, philosophical, or political subjects;
#*
Ninety-nine Homilies Upon the Epistles and Gospels for Forty-nine Sundays of the Year
#*A collection of glosses from the
Church Fathers on the
Gospels (''
Catena aurea'')
#Systematic works (''
Summa Theologiae'', ''
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 '' ...
'', ''
Scriptum super Sententiis'')
#Biblical commentaries on
Job
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,
Psalms
The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...
and
Isaiah
Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...
,
Canticles
A canticle (from the Latin ''canticulum'', a diminutive of ''canticum'', "song") is a hymn, psalm or other Christian song of praise with lyrics usually taken from biblical or holy texts. Canticles are used in Christian liturgy.
Catholic Church
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and
Jeremiah
Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewi ...
,
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
,
Matthew, and on the epistles of Paul
#*Nine exegeses of
Scriptural
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books
#Liturgical works
Editions
In 1570 the first edition of Aquinas's opera omnia, the so-called ''editio Piana'' (from
Pius V
Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...
, the Dominican pope who commissioned it), was produced at the ''studium'' of the Roman convent at
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, the forerunner of the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum''.
[In This Light Which Gives Light: A History of the College of St. Albert the Great, Christopher J. Renzi, p. 42: https://books.google.com/books?id=t8qt63uOg6IC&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false Accessed 4-24-2011] The critical edition of Aquinas's works is the ongoing edition commissioned 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 ...
(1882-1903), the so-called ''
Leonine Edition The ''Editio Leonina'' or Leonine Edition is the edition of the works of Saint Thomas Aquinas originally sponsored by Pope Leo XIII in 1879.
The Leonine Commission (''Commissio leonina'') is the group of scholars working on the ongoing project of ...
''. Abbé Migne published an edition of the ''Summa Theologiae'', in four volumes, as an appendix to his ''Patrologiae Cursus Completus''. English editions:
Joseph Rickaby
Joseph John Rickaby, SJ (1845-1932) was an English Jesuit priest and philosopher.
Life
Rickaby was born in 1845 in Everingham, York. He received his education at Stonyhurst College, and was ordained in 1877, one of the so-called ''Stonyhurst ...
(London, 1872), J. M. Ashley (London, 1888).
Works in chronological order
Works of uncertain date
Works of uncertain authenticity
Notes
References
* I. T. Eschmann, O.P., 1956 catalog of Thomas's works
External links
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''Corpus Thomisticum'' his complete works in Latin
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Complete works of St. Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas works
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Somni
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''Aurea expositio sancti Pauli apostoli ad Corinthios''
Naples, 1491
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''Beati Thomae Aquinatis De ente et essentia''
Italy, made between 1477 and 1485. It contains: ''De ente et essentia'', ''Rescriptum super libro De ente et essentia'' and ''De fallaciis''.
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''Ad regem Cypri de rege et regno''
Italy, 1486
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''Brevis Compilatio theologie edita a fratre Thoma de Aquino''
Italy, made before 1487. It contains: ''Compendium theologiae''.
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''Prima pars secunde partis Summe Theologie beati Thome de Aquino''
Naples, 1484. It contains: Prima pars secunde partis de la ''Summa Theologica''.
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''Quaestiones disputatae''
Naples
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, made between 1480 and 1493. It contains some of the ''Quaestiones disputatae'' of Thomas Aquinas: ''De spiritualibus creaturis'', ''De anima'', ''De unione Verbi'' and ''De virtutibus''.
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''Thome de Aquino commentum in Marci Evangelium''
Naples, 1491
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