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Aquinas: Commentary on the Psalms Postilla Super Psalmos dhspriory.org/thomas/PsalmsAquinas/ThoPs0.htm St. Thomas’s Introduction to his Exposition of the Psalms of David In omni opere suo dedit confessionem Sancto et Excelso in verbo gloriae Eccli. 47 “In all his works he gave thanks to the holy one, and to the most High, with words of glory.” Eccl. 47:9 Verba haec dicuntur de David ad litteram, et satis convenienter assumuntur ad ostendum causam huius operis: in quibus ostenditur Read more [...]

Aquinas: Commentary on The Sentences of Peter Lombard Excerpts from Thomas’ Commentary on The Sentences of Peter Lombard The text, in Latin and English, of Peter Lombard’s Sentences can be found at the following site: www.franciscan-archive.org/lombardus/index.html. Thanks to Br. Alexis Bugnolo for his translation. Note to the reader: as this is a huge work, you may find that translations procede piece by piece, as there is time.Benevolens lector, commentarium istud is valde magnum, Read more [...]

Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas www.newadvent.org/summa/1001.htm Because the doctor of Catholic truth ought not only to teach the proficient, but also to instruct beginners (according to the Apostle: As unto little ones in Christ, I gave you milk to drink, not meat — 1 Corinthians 3:1-2), we purpose in this book to treat of whatever belongs to the Christian religion, in such a way as may tend to the instruction of beginners. We have considered that students in this doctrine have Read more [...]

The City of God, Book I, St. Augustine De Civitate Dei contra Paganos www.newadvent.org/fathers/120101.htm Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion, and its prohibition of the worship of the gods. He speaks of the blessings and ills of life, which then, as always, happened to good and bad men alike. Finally, he rebukes the shamelessness of those who cast up to the Christians Read more [...]