Description
In this volume, Fr. Franck Quoex responds to Joseph Ratzinger's call for a renewed appreciation of liturgical rite. A student of Pierre Gy, OP, he brings to this study of Aquinas's liturgical theology a rare combination of expert knowledge of liturgical sources and history and the best of modern historical-critical research guided by sound theological judgment. Fr. Quoex frames his study with an overview of the problem of rite in modern theological-anthropological discourse, before turning to Aquinas' theory of worship in the treatise on the virtue of religion. He then explores Aquinas' doctrine on the cultic dimensions of the Eucharist and other sacraments in his sacramental theology more broadly, finishing with a close study of the mass commentary of the Tertia Pars.
Although there has been increasing attention to Thomas's treatment of religion as a virtue, none have approached him from an anthropological angle with a focus on the nature of liturgical rite, or fully exploited the perspectives of liturgical scholarship to shed light on sacramental theology. Quoex's work, as the work of a Thomist, liturgist, and medievalist well versed in medieval liturgical development and in the genre of often-allegorical liturgical commentary, opens up this crucial but neglected facet of Aquinas' theological synthesis. Few books have been published on Aquinas's liturgical theology. Now that interest in Aquinas's virtue theory and sacramental theology is growing rapidly, Quoex's studies are an invitation to further reflection on the topic of Aquinas's liturgical theology with its manifold ramifications for and connections with other theological topics in his Summa, including his theological anthropology, his soteriology, his treatment of the Old and New Laws, and his account of the virtue of religion in connection with the other virtues.
About the Author
Franck Quoex (1967-2007) was professor of liturgy at the International Seminary of the Fraternity of St Peter in Wigratzbad, and the Couvent St-Thomas d'Aquin of the FSVF in Chemere-le-Roi.
Dominic M. Langevin, OP, is Vice President and Dean, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC.
Zachary D. Thomas is a Ph.D. student at Cornell University.
Reviews
I am not aware of another work that uses this theological-anthropological lens to shed light on Thomas's treatment of the sacraments and the Mass in the Tertia Pars. Quoex proves himself to be well-acquainted not only with the breadth of Thomas's works, but also with medieval historical sources and twentieth-century journal articles (from before the Second Vatican Council) on Thomas's sacramental and liturgical theology."" - Michon M. Matthiesen, author of Sacrifice as Gift: Eucharist, Grace and Contemplative Prayer in Maurice de la Taille
Book Information
ISBN 9780813237558
Author Franck Quoex
Format Hardback
Page Count 308
Imprint The Catholic University of America Press
Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
Weight(grams) 272g
Although there has been increasing attention to Thomas's treatment of religion as a virtue, none have approached him from an anthropological angle with a focus on the nature of liturgical rite, or fully exploited the perspectives of liturgical scholarship to shed light on sacramental theology. Quoex's work, as the work of a Thomist, liturgist, and medievalist well versed in medieval liturgical development and in the genre of often-allegorical liturgical commentary, opens up this crucial but neglected facet of Aquinas' theological synthesis. Few books have been published on Aquinas's liturgical theology. Now that interest in Aquinas's virtue theory and sacramental theology is growing rapidly, Quoex's studies are an invitation to further reflection on the topic of Aquinas's liturgical theology with its manifold ramifications for and connections with other theological topics in his Summa, including his theological anthropology, his soteriology, his treatment of the Old and New Laws, and his account of the virtue of religion in connection with the other virtues.
About the Author
Franck Quoex (1967-2007) was professor of liturgy at the International Seminary of the Fraternity of St Peter in Wigratzbad, and the Couvent St-Thomas d'Aquin of the FSVF in Chemere-le-Roi.
Dominic M. Langevin, OP, is Vice President and Dean, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC.
Zachary D. Thomas is a Ph.D. student at Cornell University.
Reviews
I am not aware of another work that uses this theological-anthropological lens to shed light on Thomas's treatment of the sacraments and the Mass in the Tertia Pars. Quoex proves himself to be well-acquainted not only with the breadth of Thomas's works, but also with medieval historical sources and twentieth-century journal articles (from before the Second Vatican Council) on Thomas's sacramental and liturgical theology."" - Michon M. Matthiesen, author of Sacrifice as Gift: Eucharist, Grace and Contemplative Prayer in Maurice de la Taille
Book Information
ISBN 9780813237558
Author Franck Quoex
Format Hardback
Page Count 308
Imprint The Catholic University of America Press
Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
Weight(grams) 272g
