Description
Thomas Aquinas was one of the most significant Christian thinkers of the middle ages and ranks among the greatest philosophers and theologians of all time. In the mid-thirteenth century, as a teacher at the University of Paris, Aquinas presided over public university-wide debates on questions that could be put forward by anyone about anything. The Quodlibetal Questions are Aquinas's edited records of these debates. Unlike his other disputed questions, which are limited to a few specific topics such as evil or divine power, Aquinas's Quodlibetal Questions contain his treatment of hundreds of questions on a wide range of topics--from ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of religion to dogmatic theology, sacramental theology, moral theology, eschatology, and much more. And, unlike his other disputed questions, none of the questions treated in his Quodlibetal Questions were of Aquinas's own choosing--they were all posed for him to answer by those who attended the public debates. As such, this volume provides a window onto the concerns of students, teachers, and other interested parties in and around the university at that time. For the same reason it contains some of Aquinas's fullest, and in certain cases his only, treatments of philosophical and theological questions that have maintained their interest throughout the centuries.
Table of Contents
PrefaceNote on the TranslationIntroductionQuodlibet IQuestion 1: God's Divine NatureQuestion 2: God's Assumed Human NatureQuestion 3: AngelsQuestion 4: Human NatureQuestion 5: ContritionQuestion 6: ConfessionQuestion 7: Relating to ClericsQuestion 8: Relating to ReligiousQuestion 9: SinQuestion 10: GloryQuodlibet IIQuestion 1: ChristQuestion 2: The Composition of AngelsQuestion 3: The Time of the Movement of AngelsQuestion 4: Virtues Related to Divine MattersQuestion 5: Virtues Related to Human MattersQuestion 6: SinsQuestion 7: Punishments for SinsQuestion 8: Forgiveness of SinsQuodlibet IIIQuestion 1: God's Divine NatureQuestion 2: God's Assumed Human NatureQuestion 3: AngelsQuestion 4: Teachers of Sacred ScriptureQuestion 5: Becoming a ReligiousQuestion 6: Being a ReligiousQuestion 7: Relating to the LaityQuestion 8: The Soul's SubstanceQuestion 9: The Soul's KnowledgeQuestion 10: The Soul's PunishmentQuestion 11: The BodyQuestion 12: ConscienceQuestion 13: PenanceQuestion 14: Purely Bodily CreaturesQuodlibet VIQuestion 1: GodQuestion 2: AngelsQuestion 3: The Sacrament of BaptismQuestion 4: FaithQuestion 5: Relating to Religion or WorshipQuestion 6: ObedienceQuestion 7: Alms Given by ClericsQuestion 8: Alms Given on Behalf of the DeadQuestion 9: SinsQuestion 10: Bodily ThingsQuestion 11: Purely Bodily CreaturesQuodlibet IVQuestion 1: God's KnowledgeQuestion 2: God's PowerQuestion 3: The Extent of God's PowerQuestion 4: The Son's Divine NatureQuestion 5: The Son's Assumed NatureQuestion 6: GraceQuestion 7: The Sacraments of GraceQuestion 8: Human Acts Related to Superiors and PrelatesQuestion 9: Human Acts Related to the IntellectQuestion 10: The Act of MartyrdomQuestion 11: Evil ActsQuestion 12: The Religious LifeQuodlibet VQuestion 1: God's KnowledgeQuestion 2: God's PowerQuestion 3: God's Assumed NatureQuestion 4: AngelsQuestion 5: Human NatureQuestion 6: The Sacrament of the EucharistQuestion 7: The Sacrament of PenanceQuestion 8: The Sacrament of MarriageQuestion 9: Relating to the VirtuesQuestion 10: Relating to the CommandmentsQuestion 11: Relating to PrelatesQuestion 12: Relating to TeachersQuestion 13: Relating to ReligiousQuestion 14: Relating to ClericsQuodlibet VIIQuestion 1: The Knowledge of Spiritual SubstancesQuestion 2: The Enjoyment of Christ's Soul During the PassionQuestion 3: The Plurality of Spiritual SubstancesQuestion 4: The Sacrament of the AltarQuestion 5: The Bodies of the DamnedQuestion 6: The Senses of Sacred ScriptureQuestion 7: Manual LaborQuodlibet VIIIQuestion 1: The Divine IdeasQuestion 2: The Human SoulQuestion 3: The Human BodyQuestion 4: Matters of Grace Related to PrelatesQuestion 5: Matters of Grace Related to EveryoneQuestion 6: SinQuestion 7: The Spiritual Punishment of the DamnedQuestion 8: The Bodily Punishment of the DamnedQuestion 9: The Glory of the BlessedQuodlibet IXQuestion 1: Christ's Divine NatureQuestion 2: The Union of Christ's Human and Divine NaturesQuestion 3: The Outward Appearances Containing Christ in the Sacrament of the AltarQuestion 4: AngelsQuestion 5: Human NatureQuestion 6: GraceQuestion 7: SinQuestion 8: GloryQuodlibet XQuestion 1: GodQuestion 2: AngelsQuestion 3: The Soul's SubstanceQuestion 4: The Soul's ActivityQuestion 5: Matters of Grace Related to Commandments and CounselsQuestion 6: Sins Opposed to Right ActionQuestion 7: Sins Opposed to Right FaithQuestion 8: GloryQuodlibet XIQuestion 1: God's InfinityQuestion 2: God's KnowledgeQuestion 3: God's PredestinationQuestion 4: AngelsQuestion 5: The Human SoulQuestion 6: The Human BodyQuestion 7: The Sacrament of ConfirmationQuestion 8: The Sacrament of the EucharistQuestion 9: The Sacrament of MarriageQuestion 10: Fraternal CorrectionQuodlibet XIIQuestion 1: God's ExistenceQuestion 2: God's PowerQuestion 3: God's PredestinationQuestion 4: AngelsQuestion 5: The HeavensQuestion 6: The Human SoulQuestion 7: Human KnowledgeQuestion 8: Consequences of Human KnowledgeQuestion 9: The Sacrament of BaptismQuestion 10: The Sacrament of PenanceQuestion 11: An Effect of the SacramentsQuestion 12: The Identity of the ChurchQuestion 13: The Intellectual Virtue of TruthQuestion 14: The Moral VirtuesQuestion 15: RestitutionQuestion 16: The Office of Commentators on Sacred ScriptureQuestion 17: The Office of PreachersQuestion 18: The Office of ConfessorsQuestion 19: The Office of VicarsQuestion 20: Original SinQuestion 21: Actual Sins of ThoughtQuestion 22: Actual Sins of ActionQuestion 23: PunishmentsAbbreviationsParallel PassagesGlossary of TermsGlossary of Authors and Works CitedNotesIndex
