Ite ad Thomam: "Go to Thomas!"

Dr. Romero's Translation of Hugon's Cosmology Now in Print!!!

2013-05-14T18:28:00.000-05:00

Hugon's Cosmology is one of the most methodically rigorous manuals of natural philosophy in the Latin scholastic tradition. It was a standard philosophy textbook in seminaries during the first half of the 20th Century, the kind of textbook that formed the young minds of men like Alfredo Ottaviani, Garrigou-Lagrange, Marcel Lefebvre, and Joseph Fenton. And thanks to the Ite ad Thomam

St. Thomas' Division of the Pauline Epistles (Outline & Horizontal Charts)

2013-01-22T19:37:00.000-06:00

Outline of the Pauline Corpus (from his Commentary on Romans; click link to download): Pauline Corpus: Horizontal Charts by Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo (click to download).

Announcing the Ite ad Thomam Translation Project

2013-01-13T19:30:00.000-06:00

Introduction Rationale for the Project: The Ite ad Thomam Translation Project, in existence since 2009, and currently organized by STAGS, aims to make available in English translation some of the principal, representative works of Scholastic Thomism, including course manuals and commentaries on St. Thomas currently available in Latin through Ite ad Thomam's Out-of-Print Library (ITOPL)

The Spanish Jesuits' Theology Manual (BAC) Now Available Online in Spanish Translation

2013-01-01T19:25:00.003-06:00

Link to results page in Scribd.com. (Latin original of all four volumes is available on pdf from ITOPL.)

'Journée Thomiste' at Le Saulchoir on 20th Century Northern European Thomism

2012-11-29T16:32:00.004-06:00

"Thomismes en débat au XXe siècle: France, Allemagne, Pologne, Angleterre" (Le Saulchoir, December 1, 2012) Fr. Ambroise Gardeil, O.P.Anti-Modernist, Thomist, Spiritual WriterMentor of Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange Link to Thomistica.net.

Theology Professor Position Open at Ave Maria University

2012-11-29T15:24:00.001-06:00

Link to Thomistica.net article.

General Outline of the Summa (Download Link)

2012-11-28T16:16:00.001-06:00

Link: Schema generale della SUMMA THEOLOGIAE pdf free ebook download (www.istitutoteologicoassisi.it) 'via Blog this'

Garrigou-Lagrange on the Number of the Elect

2012-10-31T21:00:00.004-06:00

Taken from Predestination, pp. 219-220 (available from ITOPL):

American Catholic Philosophical Association 2012 Meeting, Los Angeles, Nov. 2-4

2012-10-28T23:47:00.001-06:00

Dear friends, This coming weekend, November 2-4, I'll be at the ACPA meeting in L.A. On Friday at 2pm I'll be presenting a shortened version of my forthcoming paper on “The Dialectical and Scientific Status of Revealed Theology: Averroes' Rationalism and the Nuanced Position of Aquinas.” I was wondering if anyone following the blog and generally interested in traditional Catholic

Where to Send Your Paper? A Survey of Philosophy Journals

2012-09-01T17:48:00.004-05:00

Here is a link to a list of philosophy journals that are rated on a 12-level scale according to a survey done in 2006. Level 1 is the best; level 12 is the least good. This is a valuable resource for researchers who are looking for an appropriate journal to send their work. Of course, it is not an infallible way to evaluate journals, but it does help as a rule of thumb. I also add a

Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara, Mexico) Looking to Hire Philosophy PhDs and ABDs

2012-08-29T13:03:00.001-05:00

Guadalajara Campus A corporate work of the Opus Dei, Universidad Panamericana is one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico, with scholars of international reputation in each of its colleges and schools. Our main campus, in Mexico City, has a student population of over 8,000, whereas our smaller campuses in Guadalajara and Aguascalientes offer their own charms to 2,000 students

Fr. Z on a Recent Ecclesia Dei Response on Universae Ecclesiae

2012-08-26T22:02:00.004-05:00

Link to post on Fr. Z's Blog.

The Rise of Neo-Scholasticism in Italy and Germany, by Detlef Peitz (Book Review)

2012-08-20T17:47:00.001-05:00

Book Review of: Detlef Peitz, Die Anfänge der Neuscholastik in Italien und Deutschland (“The Rise of Neo-Scholasticism in Italy and Germany”). Bonn, Germany: Nova et Vetera, 2006. Thomas Storgaard, STAGS Doctor (Cand.) University of Arhus, Denmark Copyright of Ite ad Thomam © 2012 This book tells the fascinating story of the rise of Neo-Scholasticism in Italy and Germany. Author

Absurd: A "Revised Traditional Missal," As Opposed to a "Traditional Traditional Missal"?

2012-08-16T17:34:00.000-05:00

Revised Traditional Missal Planned for Next Summer in Rome? The 1965 "Transitional" Rite of Mass Link to CFN News article.

Video of the Proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption (1950, in Italian)

2012-08-14T22:52:00.000-05:00

Some Things are Better Celebrated than Talked About

2012-08-14T22:48:00.002-05:00

Liberation Theology: A Tool of Subversion (nobility.org)

2012-08-09T22:45:00.000-05:00

Link to nobility.org article.

The Communicatio Idiomatum in St. Thomas Aquinas

2012-07-31T23:57:00.001-05:00

Speaking of the God-Man: The Communicatio Idiomatum in St. Thomas Aquinas By Hilaire K. Troyer de Romero, STAGS Master (Cand.) Copyright of Ite ad Thomam © 2012 Introduction In ST III.16, St. Thomas Aquinas discusses the question of what may be said about Christ. We find this treatment in the Summa situated well after Aquinas’ thorough explanation of the Hypostatic Union because

The Ultimate Stimulus Package: Children (nobility.org)

2012-07-27T23:13:00.001-05:00

Link to nobility.org article.

The Principle of Predilection: "Nothing would be greater if God did not will it more good."

2012-07-26T13:46:00.001-05:00

Summa theologiae I.20.3c: Does God Love All Equally? I answer that, since to love a thing is to will it good, in a twofold way anything may be loved more, or less. In one way on the part of the act of the will itself, which is more or less intense. In this way God does not love some things more than others, because He loves all things by an act of the will that is one, simple, and always

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Stripped of its Pontifical Status by Vatican

2012-07-21T11:24:00.002-05:00

Link to CNA article.

Why God Cannot Change: St. Thomas' Arguments

2012-07-20T23:22:00.000-05:00

From Summa theologiae I.9.1: “Whether God is altogether immutable?” “I answer that, from what precedes, it is shown that God is altogether immutable. First, because it was shown above that there is some first being, whom we call God; and that this first being must be pure act, without the admixture of any potentiality, for the reason that, absolutely, potentiality is posterior to act.

Quaeritur: Premotion in Aquinas and His Commentators

2012-07-18T16:04:00.000-05:00

Quaeritur: I am interested in the topic of pre-motion within the thought of St. Thomas and his commentators, specifically Garrigou-Lagrange. I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction for some information on this within the corpus of Thomas himself and in his commentators. A friend of mine was giving me some brief explanations of this topic and I was interested, but have

The Best Manual on Ascetical and Mystical Theology (Free Download)

2012-07-17T10:53:00.000-05:00

Royo Marin, Antonio - Teologia de La Perfeccion Cristiana 01 As can be seen from his letter to the author (p. xxxv), Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange highly praises this manual, written in Spanish by his confrere, Antonio Royo Marín, OP. It is also said that Fr. Garrigou considered this manual to better than his own The Three Ages of the Interior Life and that he recommended it more highly. Here

Notes on The 24 Thomistic Theses (Hugon's Commentary): Thesis One

2012-07-15T00:50:00.001-05:00

For an introduction to this series of posts, click here. THESIS ONE: “Potency and act divide being in such a way that whatever is, is either a pure act, or else coalesces necessarily from potency and act as from its first and intrinsic principles.” (Potentia et actus ita dividunt ens, ut quidquid est, vel sit actus purus, vel ex potentia et actu tamquam primis atque intrinsecis