{"title":"Individuals and Institutions in Medieval Scholasticism ed. by Antonia Fitzpatrick and John Sabapathy (review)","authors":"M. Colish","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130471116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Wayfarer's End: Bonaventure and Aquinas on Divine Rewards in Scripture and Sacred Doctrine by Shawn M. Colberg (review)","authors":"R. V. Nieuwenhove, W. Crozier","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122584208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's \"Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose\" by J. Budziszewski (review)","authors":"William C. Mattison","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126439048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N MEDIEVAL COSMOLOGY the empyrean heaven was the highest and outermost heaven. In modern scholarship it is most frequently mentioned in studies on theories of place, since its status as the universal limit naturally connected it to the question, long before raised by Aristotle, as to whether the universe as a whole could be considered to be in a place. Given how completely the idea of the empyrean has been discarded as a cosmological theory, one may reasonably ask if it merits more than such incidental mention. To those who have some interest in the progress and development of ideas, I suggest that it does. Discarded as incompatible with modern science, it was also in a number of respects seemingly incompatible with medieval science. Its supposed attributes harmonized poorly with Aristotelian physics and cosmology, prompting considerable speculation of genuine originality in the Middle Ages. An investigation of the empyrean may have nothing to tell us about our cosmos, but it has something to tell us about our predecessors.
{"title":"Aquinas and the Theory of the Empyrean Heaven","authors":"N. Porter","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0026","url":null,"abstract":"N MEDIEVAL COSMOLOGY the empyrean heaven was the highest and outermost heaven. In modern scholarship it is most frequently mentioned in studies on theories of place, since its status as the universal limit naturally connected it to the question, long before raised by Aristotle, as to whether the universe as a whole could be considered to be in a place. Given how completely the idea of the empyrean has been discarded as a cosmological theory, one may reasonably ask if it merits more than such incidental mention. To those who have some interest in the progress and development of ideas, I suggest that it does. Discarded as incompatible with modern science, it was also in a number of respects seemingly incompatible with medieval science. Its supposed attributes harmonized poorly with Aristotelian physics and cosmology, prompting considerable speculation of genuine originality in the Middle Ages. An investigation of the empyrean may have nothing to tell us about our cosmos, but it has something to tell us about our predecessors.","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130912980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Church of God in Jesus Christ: A Catholic Ecclesiology by Roch A. Kereszty, O.Cist (review)","authors":"Gregory F. LaNave","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114699945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
QUINAS’S CONCEPTION of person and personal identity has attracted considerable attention in recent years. On the one hand, much ink has been spilled on Aquinas’s metaphysical reflections on the beginning of human personhood, the possibility of its survival after biological death, and the criteria of personal identity. On the other hand, contemporary Thomistic ethicists have laid strong emphasis on the moral significance of persons and often invoked Aquinas in bioethical discussions of, for example, stem-cell research,
{"title":"Aquinas on Human Personhood and Dignity","authors":"Tianyue Wu","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0024","url":null,"abstract":"QUINAS’S CONCEPTION of person and personal identity has attracted considerable attention in recent years. On the one hand, much ink has been spilled on Aquinas’s metaphysical reflections on the beginning of human personhood, the possibility of its survival after biological death, and the criteria of personal identity. On the other hand, contemporary Thomistic ethicists have laid strong emphasis on the moral significance of persons and often invoked Aquinas in bioethical discussions of, for example, stem-cell research,","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126825028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE to those views according to which human beings have immortal souls or minds that survive their bodily death is that this appears to entail substance dualism. One must hold, it would appear, that humans are essentially their minds or souls; otherwise, a human person would cease to exist at death. Substance dualism, however, is a controversial view in large part due to the difficulty in giving an adequate account of the interaction between body and mind. To some, including myself, dualism also seems patently false because humans are essentially animals of a particular species, not immaterial minds. The view that human beings are essentially animals, nevertheless, does not intuitively sit well with the claim that our souls can survive bodily death. Yet if sense can be made of how these two claims are compatible, the resulting view would be far more friendly, or closer, to typical naturalist views of body-mind relations than is traditional dualism. There has been a revival of interest in hylomorphic theories of material composition, and some have applied these insights to mind-body identity, arguing precisely that a human being is a metaphysical composite whose form, his mind or soul, structures his matter to constitute what is essentially a certain kind of animal. Consequently, the hylomorphist identifies as holding a
{"title":"Survivalism, Suitably Modified","authors":"J. Rooney","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0023","url":null,"abstract":"SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE to those views according to which human beings have immortal souls or minds that survive their bodily death is that this appears to entail substance dualism. One must hold, it would appear, that humans are essentially their minds or souls; otherwise, a human person would cease to exist at death. Substance dualism, however, is a controversial view in large part due to the difficulty in giving an adequate account of the interaction between body and mind. To some, including myself, dualism also seems patently false because humans are essentially animals of a particular species, not immaterial minds. The view that human beings are essentially animals, nevertheless, does not intuitively sit well with the claim that our souls can survive bodily death. Yet if sense can be made of how these two claims are compatible, the resulting view would be far more friendly, or closer, to typical naturalist views of body-mind relations than is traditional dualism. There has been a revival of interest in hylomorphic theories of material composition, and some have applied these insights to mind-body identity, arguing precisely that a human being is a metaphysical composite whose form, his mind or soul, structures his matter to constitute what is essentially a certain kind of animal. Consequently, the hylomorphist identifies as holding a","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128139046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HE LIFE OF THE CHURCH is sometimes shaken by the outrageous immoral conduct of certain Christians, causing a sense of scandal. How should one properly behave in the face of such a situation: conceal it, disclose it, be scandalized, or pass over it indifferently? Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on Galatians, ponders the scandal caused for some by the behavior of St. Peter in Antioch; Peter was eventually admonished by St. Paul (Gal 2:11-14). Aquinas also considers how one should act towards a priest who refuses to baptize if he is not paid for the celebration of the sacrament. Superiors are called to avoid scandal arising from their decisions and actions, without giving up their fidelity to the truth, although this may be scandalous in the perception of some, especially the little ones—beginners on the path of faith. Nonetheless, as a theologian embedded in the realities of his time, and with a pastoral mind, Aquinas also gives guidance on how to respond in cases of scandalous behavior or situations that could cause a scandal. These may concern such issues as the wicked origin of the gift placed on the altar, giving Holy
{"title":"How Should Christians Respond to Scandal? Replies from St. Thomas Aquinas","authors":"P. Roszak","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0025","url":null,"abstract":"HE LIFE OF THE CHURCH is sometimes shaken by the outrageous immoral conduct of certain Christians, causing a sense of scandal. How should one properly behave in the face of such a situation: conceal it, disclose it, be scandalized, or pass over it indifferently? Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on Galatians, ponders the scandal caused for some by the behavior of St. Peter in Antioch; Peter was eventually admonished by St. Paul (Gal 2:11-14). Aquinas also considers how one should act towards a priest who refuses to baptize if he is not paid for the celebration of the sacrament. Superiors are called to avoid scandal arising from their decisions and actions, without giving up their fidelity to the truth, although this may be scandalous in the perception of some, especially the little ones—beginners on the path of faith. Nonetheless, as a theologian embedded in the realities of his time, and with a pastoral mind, Aquinas also gives guidance on how to respond in cases of scandalous behavior or situations that could cause a scandal. These may concern such issues as the wicked origin of the gift placed on the altar, giving Holy","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117097731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thinking about Animals in Thirteenth-Century Paris: Theologians on the Boundary between Humans and Animals by Ian P. Wei (review)","authors":"I. Resnick","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130679046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Epiclesis Debate at the Council of Florence by Christiaan Kappes (review)","authors":"Hyacinthe Destivelle","doi":"10.1353/tho.2021.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":356918,"journal":{"name":"The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115151630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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