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History of the Christian Church • VOLUME 5

§ 108. Thomas Aquinas.

['Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893', 'Schaff, David S. (David Schley), 1852-1941'] • Public-domain historical edition in the United States (published 1884); OCR from Internet Archive scan

§ 108. Thomas Aquinas.

LITERATURE: I. Works. — U. CHEVALIER: Repertoire under Thomas Aq., pp. 1200-1206, and Supplem., pp. 2823-2827. — S. Thomce Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici opera omnia, jussu impensaque Leonis XIII., P. M., edita, lionise ex typographia polyglotta S. C. de Propaganda Fide, vols. 1-11, 1882-1902, to be completed in 25 vols. For this edition, called from Leo's patronage editio Leonina, a papal appropriation has been made of 300,000 lire. See vol. I., p. xxv. — Older edd., Rome, 1670, 18 vols. by order of Pius V., and Venice, 1592-1594; Antwerp, by C. MORELLES,

1 Summa, II. 14 ; Borgnet's ed., pp. 131 sq.

2 Habet potestatis plenitudinem quid est ordinarius omnium hominum et quia est vice Dei in terris. Summa, II. q. 141, 3 ; Borgnet, XXXIII. 484.

660 THE MIDDLE AGES. A.D. 1049-1294.

1612 sqq., 18 vols. ; Paris, 1660, 23 vols. ; Venice, 1785-1790, 28 vols. ; with 30 dissertations by B. M. DE RUBE is, Naples, 1846-1848, 19 vols. ; Parma, 1852 sqq.; Paris, 1871-1880, 33 vols. by FRETTE and MARE. — The Summa theologica has been often separately published as by MIGNE, 4 vols. Paris, 1841, 1864 ; *DRIOUX, 15 vols. Paris, 1853-1856 ; with French trans., and 8 vols. Paris, 1885. Among the very numerous commentators of the Summa are Cajetan, d. 1534, given in the Leonine ed., Melchior Canus, d. 1560, Dominicus Soto, d. 1560, Medina, d. 1580, Bannez, d. 1604, Xantes Moriales, d. 1666, Mauritius de Gregorii, d. 1666, all Dominicans ; Vasquez, d. 1604, Suarez, d. 1617, Jesuits. The most prolix commentaries are by barefooted Carmelites of Spain, viz. the cursus theologicus of Salamanca, 19 vols. repub. at Venice, 1677 sqq., and the Disputationes collegii complutensis at Alcala in 4 vols. repub. at Lyons, 1667 sqq. — See WERNER: D. hi. Thomas, I. 885 sqq. —P. A. UCCELLI'S ed. of the contra Gentiles, Rome, 1878, from autograph MSS. in the Vatican, contains a facsimile of Thomas' handwriting which is almost illegible. — Engl. trans, of the Aurea Catena, Oxford, 1865, 6 vols., and the Ethics by J. RICKABY, N.Y., 1896. — FR. SATOLLI, in Summam theol. d. Th. Aq.prwlectiones, Milan, 1884-1888. — L. JANSSEN : Summa theol. ad modum commentarii in Aquinatis Summam prcesentis cevi studii aptatam, Freib. im Br., 5 vols. 1902. — La theol. affective ou St. Th. d'Aq. medite en vue de predication, by L. Bail, Paris, 12 vols. II. LIVES, ETC. — The oldest Life is by WILLIAM DE THOCO, who- knew Thomas personally, reprinted in the ed. Leonina, vol. I. Documents in Chartularium parisiensis. — F. B. DE RUBEIS : De gestis et scriptis ac doctrina S. T7i. Aq. dissertationes crit. et apolog., reprinted in the Leonina. — P. A. TOURON: Paris, 1737. — J. BAREILLE : 1846, 4th ed. 1862. — * KARL WERNER, Rom. Cath. Prof, at St. Polten, Austria: D. heilige TJi. von Aquino, 3 vols. 1858-1859, Regensb. Learned, exhaustive, but ill-digested. — R. B. VAUGHAN, Rom. Cath. abp. of Sydney : Life and Labors of St. Th. of Aquino, 2 vols. Lond., 1871-1872, based on Werner. — CICOGNANI : Sulla vita de S. Tomasio, Engl. trans., 1882. — P. CAVE- NAUGH: Life of Th. Aq., the Angelic Doctor. N.Y., 1890. — DIDIOT: Le docteur angelique S. Th. d'Aq., Bruges, 1894. — JOURDAIN : Le Phil, de S. Th. d'Aq., 2 vols. Paris, 1861. — *F. X. LEITNER : D. hi Th. von Aq. uber d. unfehlbare Lehramt d. Papstes, Freib., 1872. — J. J. BAI - MANN: D. Staatslehre des hi. Th. von Aq., Leip., 1873. — L. SCHOTX : Thomas Lexicon (explanation of technical terms), Paderb., 1881. — EICKEN : D. Philos. d. Th. von Aq. und. d. Kultur d. Neuzeit, Halle, 1886, 54 pp. ; also Th. von Aq. und Kant, ein Kampf zweier Welten, Berlin, 1901. — *F. H. REUSCH, Old-Cath. : D. Fdlschungen in dem Traktat des Th. von Aq. gegen die Griechen, Munchen, 1889. — F. TESSEN-WESIERSKY : D. Grundlagen d. Wunderbegriffs n. Th. von Aq. Paderb., 1899, p. 142. —J. GUTTMANN : D. Verhaltniss des Th. von Aq. zum Judenthum und zur judischen Literatur, 1891. — WITTMANN : D. Stellung d. hi. Th. von Aq. zu Avencebrol, Mtinster, 1900. — DE GROOT : Leo XIII. und der hi. Th. von Aq., Regensb., 1897. — M. GRABMANN: D.

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