Abstract

These two volumes compile an impressive scholarly tribute to the memory and influence of Thomas Aquinas. The volumes are commemorative both in the sense of being a tribute to Aquinas and in the sense of being largely studies of his philosophical and theological writings. The studies are divided into seven sections: The Life of St. Thomas, The Writings of St. Thomas, Exegetical Studies, St. Thomas and His Predecessors, St. Thomas and His Contemporaries, St. Thomas in History: 14th to 19th Centuries, and St. Thomas in the 20th Century. The historical character of these basic divisions reflects the generally historical character of the studies. Most of the studies also reflect the theological character of Aquinas’s own work in that they place the thought of Aquinas in the context of some theological tradition or dispute.