This study explores the place of Saint Augustine’s mature theology of grace in the thought and development of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the same subjects. It begins with a review of Thomas’s Scriptum super sententiis, highlighting its stress on the formal effects of grace and wide appreciation for human merit. It then surveys three significant developments in the Summa theologiae, noting the introduction of divine auxilium as a category for grace, a pronounced stress on fallen human nature, and a reframed account of merit focused on divine ordinatio. The study notes the Summa’s citation of Augustine’s anti-Massilian works. It concludes that while Thomas’s mature theology is indebted to Augustine and Saint Paul, it also offers a reconceived framework for grace which makes Augustine’s positions on predestination, perseverance, and merit more viable for 13th century theology Streszczenie. Studium analizuje miejsce dojrzałej teologii łaski świętego Augustyna w myśli i rozwoju świętego Tomasza z Akwinu w odniesieniu do tych samych tematów. Na początku autor dokonuje przeglądu Scriptum super sententiis Tomasza z Akwinu, podkreślając jego nacisk na formalne skutki łaski i szerokie uznanie dla ludzkiej zasługi. Następnie bada trzy znaczące kierunki rozwoju w Sumie teologicznej, zwracając uwagę na wprowadzenie boskiego auxilium jako kategorii łaski, wyraźnego nacisku na upadłą ludzką naturę i przeformułowanego opisu zasługi skoncentrowanego na boskim ordinatio. Artykuł zwraca uwagę na cytowane w Sumie teologicznej dzieła antymasylijskie Augustyna. Konkluzją studium jest stwierdzenie, że chociaż dojrzała teologia Tomasza pozostaje dłużna Augustynowi i św. Pawłowi, jednak oferuje ona również przemyślane na nowo ramy łaski, dzięki czemu stanowisko Augustyna dotyczące przeznaczenia, wytrwania i zasługi jest bardziej realne dla trzynastowiecznej teologii.
{"title":"Development in Aquinas’s Theology of Grace and the Role of Saint Augustine","authors":"S. Colberg","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.015","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the place of Saint Augustine’s mature theology of grace in the thought and development of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the same subjects. It begins with a review of Thomas’s Scriptum super sententiis, highlighting its stress on the formal effects of grace and wide appreciation for human merit. It then surveys three significant developments in the Summa theologiae, noting the introduction of divine auxilium as a category for grace, a pronounced stress on fallen human nature, and a reframed account of merit focused on divine ordinatio. The study notes the Summa’s citation of Augustine’s anti-Massilian works. It concludes that while Thomas’s mature theology is indebted to Augustine and Saint Paul, it also offers a reconceived framework for grace which makes Augustine’s positions on predestination, perseverance, and merit more viable for 13th century theology Streszczenie. Studium analizuje miejsce dojrzałej teologii łaski świętego Augustyna w myśli i rozwoju świętego Tomasza z Akwinu w odniesieniu do tych samych tematów. Na początku autor dokonuje przeglądu Scriptum super sententiis Tomasza z Akwinu, podkreślając jego nacisk na formalne skutki łaski i szerokie uznanie dla ludzkiej zasługi. Następnie bada trzy znaczące kierunki rozwoju w Sumie teologicznej, zwracając uwagę na wprowadzenie boskiego auxilium jako kategorii łaski, wyraźnego nacisku na upadłą ludzką naturę i przeformułowanego opisu zasługi skoncentrowanego na boskim ordinatio. Artykuł zwraca uwagę na cytowane w Sumie teologicznej dzieła antymasylijskie Augustyna. Konkluzją studium jest stwierdzenie, że chociaż dojrzała teologia Tomasza pozostaje dłużna Augustynowi i św. Pawłowi, jednak oferuje ona również przemyślane na nowo ramy łaski, dzięki czemu stanowisko Augustyna dotyczące przeznaczenia, wytrwania i zasługi jest bardziej realne dla trzynastowiecznej teologii.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46061766","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":"De Verbo Dei Hugona ze św. Wiktora. Wprowadzenie i przekład","authors":"P. Chojnacka, M. Janecki","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49232535","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":"Quotations from the Scriptures and from the Works of the Church Fathers in Sermon-Conferences of St. Thomas Aquinas on the Apostles’ Creed (Prooemium and Articles 1–3)","authors":"Piotr Goniszewski","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43155046","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}
The paper presents the hypothesis that Thomas Aquinas’s concept of ‘secular pleasure’ has been elaborated under the influence of both St. Augustine (De doctrina christiana) and Aristotle (NE book II and book IV). The paper aims at presenting their influences upon Aquinas’s account of secular pleasure. Also, it intends to focus on Aquinas’s metaphysical and psychological concept of secular pleasure and attempts to introduce his moral assessment of it. It should be also noted that only natural perspective of pleasure will be treated; the theological aspect is excluded from the consideration.
本文提出了一个假设，即托马斯·阿奎那的“世俗快乐”概念是在圣奥古斯丁(De doctrina christiana)和亚里士多德(《新圣经》第二册和第四册)的影响下得到阐述的。本文旨在展示他们对阿奎那关于世俗快乐的描述的影响。同时，本章也将聚焦于阿奎那关于世俗快乐的形而上学和心理学概念，并试图介绍他对世俗快乐的道德评价。还应该指出的是，只有自然视角的快乐将被处理;神学方面被排除在考虑之外。
{"title":"Utrum fruendum sit solo Deo: Thomas Aquinas on the Augustinian concept of Secular Enjoyment","authors":"M. Plotka","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.016","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the hypothesis that Thomas Aquinas’s concept of ‘secular pleasure’ has been elaborated under the influence of both St. Augustine (De doctrina christiana) and Aristotle (NE book II and book IV). The paper aims at presenting their influences upon Aquinas’s account of secular pleasure. Also, it intends to focus on Aquinas’s metaphysical and psychological concept of secular pleasure and attempts to introduce his moral assessment of it. It should be also noted that only natural perspective of pleasure will be treated; the theological aspect is excluded from the consideration.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41496419","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}
Relation has always been used as a tool to understand the central truths of Scripture, i.e., God as absolutely one and irreducibly three. In this paper, I first traced the use of relation in the Church Fathers’ Trinitarian reflections, specifically that of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Augustine; then I explained how Thomas understands relation as a special category of being and how his understanding of the divine persons as subsisting relations gives an excellent exposition of Scriptural truths on the one hand, and on the other hand provides a quite balanced and thus accommodative Trinitarian monotheism wherein the Church Fathers’ functional use of relation merge together and the their insightful reflections on the Trinity shine brilliantly.
{"title":"Relation in Trinitarian Theology: Thomas Aquinas and the Church Fathers","authors":"Ziqiang Bai","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.012","url":null,"abstract":"Relation has always been used as a tool to understand the central truths of Scripture, i.e., God as absolutely one and irreducibly three. In this paper, I first traced the use of relation in the Church Fathers’ Trinitarian reflections, specifically that of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Augustine; then I explained how Thomas understands relation as a special category of being and how his understanding of the divine persons as subsisting relations gives an excellent exposition of Scriptural truths on the one hand, and on the other hand provides a quite balanced and thus accommodative Trinitarian monotheism wherein the Church Fathers’ functional use of relation merge together and the their insightful reflections on the Trinity shine brilliantly.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42340552","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}
The paper holds that in Aquinas’ study of sins against nature not only the biblical and the patristic traditions converge ostensibly, but also the Greek philosophical and Romanist heritage come together. The text deals with the question of what belonging to a moral tradition means and refutes the Gadamerian relativistic answer to this problem. The paper ends by showing with John Paul II that only a metaphysical, not merely hermeneutical understanding of the tradition is compatible with the Catholic faith. Streszczenie. Artykuł dowodzi, że w studium grzechów przeciwko naturze Tomasz z Akwinu na pozór łączy biblijne i patrystyczne tradycje, ale także wplata greckie i romanistyczne tradycje filozoficzne. Tekst próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, co oznacza przynależność do tradycji moralnej i obala relatywistyczną odpowiedź Gadamera na ten problem. W konkluzji autor, za Janem Pawłem II, ukazuje, że tylko metafizyczne, a nie jedynie hermeneutyczne rozumienie tradycji jest zgodne z wiarą katolicką.
{"title":"Traditions which converge in Aquinas’ stand on sins of lust contra naturam","authors":"Carlos A. Casanova","doi":"10.12775/bpth.2019.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/bpth.2019.011","url":null,"abstract":"The paper holds that in Aquinas’ study of sins against nature not only the biblical and the patristic traditions converge ostensibly, but also the Greek philosophical and Romanist heritage come together. The text deals with the question of what belonging to a moral tradition means and refutes the Gadamerian relativistic answer to this problem. The paper ends by showing with John Paul II that only a metaphysical, not merely hermeneutical understanding of the tradition is compatible with the Catholic faith. Streszczenie. Artykuł dowodzi, że w studium grzechów przeciwko naturze Tomasz z Akwinu na pozór łączy biblijne i patrystyczne tradycje, ale także wplata greckie i romanistyczne tradycje filozoficzne. Tekst próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, co oznacza przynależność do tradycji moralnej i obala relatywistyczną odpowiedź Gadamera na ten problem. W konkluzji autor, za Janem Pawłem II, ukazuje, że tylko metafizyczne, a nie jedynie hermeneutyczne rozumienie tradycji jest zgodne z wiarą katolicką.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45416832","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}
T book under review is one of the latest monographs of the renowned scholar, a retired professor of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Gerald O’Collins. The book is his next work on the fundamental concepts of the Christian faith. There is no need to introduce the author. However, it is worth reminding that for years he has been engaged in the revision of the basic content of Catholic theology, such as Christology, salvation, redemption, God’s revelation or biblical inspiration. He is also the author and editor of general studies devoted to fundamental theology, Catholicism and more profound understanding of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. The reviewed book, consisting of twelve chapters, an epilogue and an appendix, is an attempt to define in a comprehensive manner the concept of divine revelation in Catholic theology, taking into consideration the conciliar documents, the most recent documents of the pontifical commissions, and the works of many other theologians. The main aim of the author is to describe the most important elements and characteristics of divine self-revelation,1 which achieved its fullness in Jesus Christ. The individual chapters discuss the nature and functions of revelation (chapters 1-3), its sacramental character and mediators (chapters 4-5), its impact (chapters 6-7), historical division (chapter 8),
{"title":"Revelation : towards a christian interpretation of God's self-revelation in Jesus Chris - recenzja","authors":"Łukasz Bergel","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2019.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.010","url":null,"abstract":"T book under review is one of the latest monographs of the renowned scholar, a retired professor of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Gerald O’Collins. The book is his next work on the fundamental concepts of the Christian faith. There is no need to introduce the author. However, it is worth reminding that for years he has been engaged in the revision of the basic content of Catholic theology, such as Christology, salvation, redemption, God’s revelation or biblical inspiration. He is also the author and editor of general studies devoted to fundamental theology, Catholicism and more profound understanding of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. The reviewed book, consisting of twelve chapters, an epilogue and an appendix, is an attempt to define in a comprehensive manner the concept of divine revelation in Catholic theology, taking into consideration the conciliar documents, the most recent documents of the pontifical commissions, and the works of many other theologians. The main aim of the author is to describe the most important elements and characteristics of divine self-revelation,1 which achieved its fullness in Jesus Christ. The individual chapters discuss the nature and functions of revelation (chapters 1-3), its sacramental character and mediators (chapters 4-5), its impact (chapters 6-7), historical division (chapter 8),","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66544334","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}
Circumcision is an ancient practice used in many civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and an important reference point in determining the social position and religious identity of members of royal and priestly families, as well as men from lower social classes. Nevertheless, the Israelites who made it an external sign and, later, the necessary condition of belonging to the Mosaic religion, contributed most to the deepening and spreading of the theological aspect of circumcision (Gen 17:4; 1 Macc 1:15,48,60–61). The order of the circumcision of the heart from Dt. 10:16 and 30:6 is the consequence of the theological re-reading of this ancient practice, which was undertaken by the religious circles of the post-exile era under the influence of the painful experiences of Babylonian captivity and the serious crisis of Jahvist monotheism which appeared in the seventh and sixth centuries before Christ. The appeal for circumcision of the heart is a new definition of piety based on the most important commandment of Deuteronomic theology, that is, the commandment of love of YHWH with all my heart and soul (Dt. 6:4–5), and consequently, an encouragement to cultivate a personal relationship with God modeled on the patriarchs, which is based on obedience to God’s law in exchange for His blessing and support (Dt. 6:6–12, 11:18–25, 32:46).
{"title":"The Circumcision of the Heart as a Deuteronomic Metaphor of Religious Identity of an Israelite","authors":"D. Dziadosz","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2019.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.009","url":null,"abstract":"Circumcision is an ancient practice used in many civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and an important reference point in determining the social position and religious identity of members of royal and priestly families, as well as men from lower social classes. Nevertheless, the Israelites who made it an external sign and, later, the necessary condition of belonging to the Mosaic religion, contributed most to the deepening and spreading of the theological aspect of circumcision (Gen 17:4; 1 Macc 1:15,48,60–61). The order of the circumcision of the heart from Dt. 10:16 and 30:6 is the consequence of the theological re-reading of this ancient practice, which was undertaken by the religious circles of the post-exile era under the influence of the painful experiences of Babylonian captivity and the serious crisis of Jahvist monotheism which appeared in the seventh and sixth centuries before Christ. The appeal for circumcision of the heart is a new definition of piety based on the most important commandment of Deuteronomic theology, that is, the commandment of love of YHWH with all my heart and soul (Dt. 6:4–5), and consequently, an encouragement to cultivate a personal relationship with God modeled on the patriarchs, which is based on obedience to God’s law in exchange for His blessing and support (Dt. 6:6–12, 11:18–25, 32:46).","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42538178","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":"Sexuality/ Sexual Purity and Belonging to the 144,000 “Redeemed from the Earth and Purchased from among Mankind” in Light of Rev 14:1–5","authors":"Zdzisław Józef Żywica","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2019.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45621027","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}
The subject of the study is the significance of comparing the resurrected to the angels. Many commentators identify the state of celibacy as their common feature. This explanation is based on some of the texts of Jewish apocalypticism considered as parallel to the answers of Jesus. This interpretation does not accurately render the meaning of the conjunction “but” (ἀλλά), which combines the clause depicting the resurrected as unmarried with the other part of the sentence containing this comparison. The sentence introduced by this conjunction does not elaborate or explain the announcement of celibacy because its content is the promise that the resurrected will dwell with God like the angels who are in heaven.
{"title":"“Like the Angels in Heaven” (Mark 12:25). The Significance of Comparison and the Celibacy of the Resurrected","authors":"A. Malina","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2019.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.008","url":null,"abstract":"The subject of the study is the significance of comparing the resurrected to the angels. Many commentators identify the state of celibacy as their common feature. This explanation is based on some of the texts of Jewish apocalypticism considered as parallel to the answers of Jesus. This interpretation does not accurately render the meaning of the conjunction “but” (ἀλλά), which combines the clause depicting the resurrected as unmarried with the other part of the sentence containing this comparison. The sentence introduced by this conjunction does not elaborate or explain the announcement of celibacy because its content is the promise that the resurrected will dwell with God like the angels who are in heaven.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46029100","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}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：