In the reams of scholarship on Thomas Aquinas, little attention has been paid to his study of Christ’s human affectivity. Paul Gondreau’s book fills that void in Thomistic scholarship, tracing the sources of Aquinas’s doctrine on Christ’s passions, the integral nature of that doctrine to his overall Christology, and the medieval context in which he developed his theology. This groundbreaking volume also addresses how Aquinas treats specific examples of the passions of Christ, including pain, sorrow, fear, wonder, and anger. The Passions of Christ’s Soul in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas will be an invaluable resource for theology students and scholars.

The Passions of Christ's Soul in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas

Religion & Spirituality

Gondreau, Paul

Christian Books & Bibles

University of Scranton Press

The Passions of Christ’s Soul in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas is an invaluable resource for theology students and scholars. A proper appreciation of the mystery of the Incarnation necessitates a thorough examination of the nature of Christ’s affectivity—his human passions and emotions. In this pioneering and unparalleled study, Paul Gondreau breaks Thomistic scholarship’s silence on this particular aspect of the Angelic Doctor’s thought. Illuminating the sources of Aquinas’s doctrine on Christ’s passions and the place and implications of that doctrine within his overall Christology, Gondreau clearly and comprehensively articulates how Aquinas shows the way to understand Christ’s experiences of suffering and sorrow, fear and anger, wonder and joy. Respecting the Thomistic course in Christology, Gondreau does not hesitate to point out Aquinas’s limits even as he offers an informed reading of Aquinas that emphatically establishes the originality and depth of analysis of the thought of the Master from Aquino.

Cluny Media, LLC

St. Thomas Aquinas' theology of Christ's human passions comes at the height of a medieval debate centering on the reality and extent of Christ's experience of affective suffering. Weighing in on the debate, Aquinas forges a defense of Christ's full humanity that stretches far beyond the inquiry into Christ's passions and seeks to uphold the realism of the dogma of the Incarnation. St. Thomas' doctrine of Christ's human affectivity owes much to patristic and medieval thought. Yet no less does it charter a course in Christology that stands out for its originality and depth of analysis.

The Passions of Christ's Soul in the Theology of St Thomas Aquinas (Beitrage Zur Geschichte Der Philosophie Und Theologie Des Mittelalters)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Aschendorff Verlag

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