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St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
An excellent introduction to his life and work. From the Catholic Encyclopedia. The same material is also here:
- St. Thomas Aquinas: His Life and Works and Influence
Thomism
A good survey of the development of Catholic thought inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas. By D.J. Kenedy, from The Catholic Encyclopedia. See also:
- Catholic Encyclopedia on Thomism
Studiorum Duceum
Pope Pius XI's 1923 Encyclical on St. Thomas. See also, Pope Leo XII's encyclical on the restoration of Christian philosophy:
- Aeterni Patris
St. Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Philosophy
A venerable treatment by D. J. Kennedy, O.P. (1919). See also:
- St. Thomas and Modern Thought
- Scholasticism (1908) by Joseph Rickaby
- The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (1909) by Joseph Louis Perrier
- The Middle Ages (1904) by Thomas Shahan
Companion to the Summa
A classic guide, by Walter Farrell, O.P. See also:
- Tips on Reading Thomas
Synopsis of the Theological Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas
An excellent summary from an 1893 edition of The Rosary Magazine.
St. Thomas Aquinas' Method of Biblical Interpretation
A thorough study from the Roman Theological Forum.
St. Thomas Aquinas
G.K. Chesterton's famous essay on Aquinas, thought by many to be the best short study of the saint and his thought.
Four Sermons on Thomas Aquinas
By Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Marie-Dominique Chenu.
*Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.: Selected Works
One of our favorite Thomists. Here are links to some of his great works:
- The Trinity And God The Creator
- Christ The Savior
- The Three Ways Of The Spiritual Life
- Providence
- Reality : A Synthesis Of Thomistic Thought
- Life Everlasting
