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Order of Contents
Summa
Summary 1
Commentaries
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. Latin 3
On Commentaries 2
Biblio 1
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Aquinas’s Summa
English
The Summa Theologica tr. English Dominican Province Fathers (Benziger Bros., 1947) at Isidore.co
Summa Theologiae tr. Alfred Freddoso (2025) at Freddoso.com
This has been said to be the best translation yet.
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English & Latin
Summa Theologiae at Aquinas.cc
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A Summary of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa
Latin
Alagona, Pietro – A Compendium of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Sum of Theology (Matriti, 1797) ToC
Alagona, S.J. (1549-1624)
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Summa Commentaries in English
1900’s
Farrell, Walter – A Companion to the Summa, vol. 1 (pt. 1), 2 (pt. 2, pt. 1), 3 (pt. 2, pt. 2), 4 (pt. 3 & Suppl.) (NY: Sheed & Ward, 1941) ToC 1, 2, 3, 4
Farrell O.P.
Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald (d. 1964)
The One God on pt. 1
Predestination
The Trinity & God the Creator on pt. 1, q. 27-119
Beatitude on pt. 1 of pt. 2, q. 1-54
Grace on pt. 1 of pt. 2, q. 109-14
Theological Virtues, vol. 1 on pt. 1 of pt. 2, q. 62, 65, 68 & pt. 2 of pt. 2, q. 1-16
Christian Perfection
Our Savior & his Love for Us on pt. 3
Life Everlasting
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Summa Commentaries in Latin
Order of
Cajetan
Suarez
Banez
Vasquez
Poinsot
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1500’s
Cajetan, Thomas –
Cajetan (1469–1534)
Suarez, Francis – Opera Omnia (1590 ff.; (Paris: L. Vivès, 1856-1861)
Suárez (1548–1617)
pt. 1
vol. 1 Divine Substance & Attributes
vol. 2 Angels
vol. 3 6 Days, Soul
pt. 1 of pt. 2
vol. 4 End of Man, Voluntary Acts, Goodness & Badness of Human Acts, Passions & Habits, Vices & Sins
vol. 5 Law
vol. 6 Human Laws, Divine Law Old & New
vol. 7 Liberty, Human Nature, Grace, Necessity of
vol. 8 Helps of Grace
vol. 9 Habitual Grace / Righteousness, Justification, Perseverance
vol. 10 Merit, Harmony of Efficacious Help & Libert of Will,
vol. 11 Concursus, God’s Knowledge of Future Contingencies, Efficacious Help, Liberty of Divine Will, Penance, God’s Justice in Rewarding Merit & Punishing Sins
vol. 12 Theological Faith, Church, Highest Pontiff, Councils, Infidels, Apostates, Heretics, Hope, Charity, Scandal, Schism, War
vol. 13 Religion
pt. 2 of pt. 2
vol. 14 Prayer, Devotion, Oath, Adjuration, Vow
vol. 15 State of Perfection, Religious (Monastic) State, its Vow, Religious Profession, Invalid Profession, Poverty, Vow of Chastity, of Obedience
vol. 16 Admission to Jesuits & Demission
pt. 3
vol. 17 Incarnation
vol. 18 Christ’s Soul, Priesthood, Predestination of Christ, Christ’s Worship, Mediator
vol. 19 Mary, Christ’s Conception, Birth, Baptism, Life, Temptation, Doctrine, Miracles, Transfiguration, Suffering, Effects of, Death, Burial, Descent, Resurrection, Ascension, Session, Judicial Power
vol. 20 Sacraments
vol. 21 Transubstantiation
vol. 22 Penance
Supplement
vol. 23.1 Censure, Excommunication
vol. 23.2 Suspension, Interdiction, Irregularity
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1600’s
Báñez, Domingo –
Banez (1528–1604)
Vasquez, Gabriel – (1600 ff.)
Vasquez (1549 or 1551 – 1604)
pt. 1
vol. 1 disp. 1-107 Prolegomena, God, Predestination
vol. 2 disp. 108-245 Trinity, Creation,
pt. 1 of pt. 2
vol. 1 Blessedness, Human Intellect, Will, Conscience, Habits, Virtue, Sin
vol. 2 Law, Grace, Good Works, Conversion, Merit, Justification
pt. 2 of pt. 2
sole vol. Alms, Restitution, Vices, Pledges, Testaments, Legates, Canonical Hours, Church property,
pt. 3
vol. 1 disp. 1-113 Incarnation, Satisfaction, Christ’s Soul, Merit, Priesthood, Worship, Images
vol. 2 disp. 114-66 Mary, Sacraments, Baptism
vol. 3 disp. 167-250 Eucharist, Ordination
vol. 4 quest. 84-94 Penance
Poinsot, Johannes – A Course of Theology, 10 vols. (on Thomas’s Summa) at Lyceum Institute
John of St. Thomas (1589–1644) was a Portuguese Dominican friar, Thomist theologian, and professor of philosophy. He is known for being an early theorist in the field of semiotics.
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On the Summa Commentaries
Article
Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald – ch. 3, ‘The Thomistic Commentators’ in A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought
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Book
2000’s
eds. Lanza, Lidia & Marco Toste – Summistae: the Commentary Tradition on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae from the 15th to the 17th Centuries in Ancient & Medieval Philosophy, Series 1 Pre (Leuven University Press, 2021) 425 pp. ToC
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Bibliography
L. A. K. – A Catalogue of Thomists (n.d.) 200 pp.
A classified bibliography by century of over 2,000 Thomists (intellectual followers of Thomas Aquinas) from the 1200’s to the 1800’s, with a numeric table at the beginning and a “Works Referenced” section of secondary literature also near the beginning.
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