Jean-Pierre Torrell is a Dominican priest of the Toulouse province and professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. He is the author of the highly praised Saint Thomas Aquinas volumes (Volume 1, The Person and His Work, and Volume 2, Spiritual Master) as well as Aquinass Summa published by CUA Press. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P., is a doctoral student in theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Jean-Pierre Torrell is a Dominican priest of the Toulouse province and professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. He is the author ...
Angels occupy a significant space in contemporary popular spirituality. Yet, today the belief in the existence of intermediary spirits between the human and divine realms needs to be evangelized and Christianized. Angels and Demons offers a detailed synthesis of the givens of the Christian tradition concerning angels and demons, as systematized in its essential principles by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Angels occupy a significant space in contemporary popular spirituality. Yet, today the belief in the existence of intermediary spirits between the hum...
Provides the historical context for understanding the development of sacramental causality as a theological topic in the scholastic period, emphasizing the unique features of Aquinas' response to this question. Following this, relevant texts from Aquinas' early and later work are examined, noting Aquinas' development and integration of the idea of sacramental causality in his later work.
Provides the historical context for understanding the development of sacramental causality as a theological topic in the scholastic period, emphasizin...
Introduction to the Mystery of the Church is an ecclesiological survey presenting a doctrinal synthesis of the Church. The author's intention is to propose an overview of this mystery in connection with the entiretyof the Christian mystery. The book is divided into two major parts, the first presenting the foundations in the Bible and the tradition up to our day, and the second being an explanatory proposal introducing the reader to the Church's definition and personality and concluding with an exposition of the four properties enunciated in the Creed (one, holy, catholic, and...
Introduction to the Mystery of the Church is an ecclesiological survey presenting a doctrinal synthesis of the Church. The author's intent...
