Summistae

The importance of the Summa theologiae on late scholasticism
Thomas Aquinas’ Summa theologiae is one of the classics in the history of theology and philosophy. Beyond its influence in the Middle Ages, its importance is also borne out by the fact that it became the subject of commentary. During the sixteenth century it was gradually adopted as the official text for the teaching of scholastic theology in most European Catholic universities. As a result, university professors throughout Europe and the colonial Americas started lecturing and producing commentaries on the Summa and using it as a starting point for many theological and philosophical discussions. Some of the works of major authors such as Vitoria, Soto, Molina, Suárez and Arriaga are for all intents and purposes commentaries on the Summa. This book is the first scholarly endeavour to investigate this commentary tradition. As it examines late scholasticism against its institutional backdrop and contains studies of unpublished manuscripts and texts, it will remain an authoritative source for the research of late scholasticism.

Contributors: Igor Agostini (University of Salento), Monica Brînzei (CNRS–IRHT, Paris), William Duba (University of Fribourg), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Helen Hattab (University of Houston), Lidia Lanza (University of Lisbon), Mauro Mantovani (Salesian Pontifical University), Daniel D. Novotný and Tomáš Machula (University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice), Chris Schabel (University of Cyprus), Jean-Luc Solère (Boston College), Marco Toste (University of Fribourg), Andreas Wagner (Goethe University of Frankfurt), Ueli Zahnd (University of Geneva)

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"Summistae" was edited by Lidia Lanza and Marco Toste.

Lidia Lanza is research fellow at the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon.

Marco Toste is a research fellow at the Institute for Philosophical Studies of the University of Coimbra.

Yes, "Summistae" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1" series. It's book 58 in the series.

In association with The De Wulf-Mansion Centre.

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The series' focus lies primarily on the continuity and thematic transitions between ancient, medieval and renaissance thought, but also includes volumes on specific topics related to any of those periods. ‘Philosophy' is understood broadly to include metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind, and philosophical theology. Since the series is particularly devoted to making available Latin and Greek source texts, we welcome critical text editions as well as contributions that are based on philological scrutiny of those texts, without losing sight of their philosophical importance.

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Researchers and graduate students in ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy, in classics and in history.

Editorial Coordinator

Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Pieter Beullens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Lisa Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pieter d'Hoine, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jan Opsomer, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Robiglio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Brad Inwood, Yale Universityo, USA
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom
John Marenbon, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lodi Nauta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Timothy Noone (†) , The Catholic University of America, USA
Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Martin Pickavé, University of Toronto, Canada,
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Geert Roskam, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Links & Resources

Part 1: Framing the commentary tradition

1.The Commentary Tradition on the ‘Summa Theologiae’Lidia Lanza – Marco Toste

2. Thomas Aquinas as Authority and the ‘Summa Theologiae’ as Auctoritas in the Late Middle AgesMonica Brinzei – Chris Schabel

3.The Genesis of a Genre? Late Medieval Commentaries on the ‘Summa Theologiae’Ueli Zahnd

4.Theology in ‘via sancti Thomae’ at the University of Padua and the ‘Summa Theologiae’Matthew Gaetano

Part 2: Discussions in the commentary tradition

5.Remarks on the Debate on ‘Summa Theologiae’ I, q. 2, art. 2 in 17th-Century Dominican TheologyIgor Agostini

6.The Proofs of God’s Existence: The Discussion of the Value of the ‘Five Ways’ in the 16th-Century Iberian Commentaries on the ‘Summa Theologiae’ Mauro Mantovani

7.The Light of Glory in Molina, Vázquez, and SuárezWilliam Duba

8.Creation and Subsistence: Early Modern Commentators on the Subsistence of Prime MatterHelen Hattab

9.Ways of Angelic Location: 16th-Century Dominican Summistae on ‘Summa Theologiae’ I, q. 52, art. 1Daniel D. Novotny – Tomaš Machula

10.From Invincible Ignorance to Tolerance: Arriaga, Vázquez, and BayleJean-Luc Solere

11.The Approach of Some Major Commentators on ‘Summa Theologiae’ II-II, q. 10: ‘De Infidelitate’Andreas Wagner

12.Between Self-Preservation and Self-Sacrifice: The Debate in 16th-Century ScholasticismMarco Toste

13.“Si peccavit per hoc quod fregit ostium, páguelo!”: The Debate on Whether the Prisoner Condemned to Death Can Lawfully Escape in the 16th-Century Commentary Tradition on the ‘Summa Theologiae’Lidia Lanza

Indices
Index of Manuscripts 427
Index of Names ( –19th Century)
Index of Names (19th Century– )

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Summistae" is 10.11116/9789461663702.