Commentaries on Aquinas’s Summa

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Order of Contents

Summa
Summary  1
Commentaries
.       English  2
.       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 1234

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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Related Pages

Lombard’s Sentences, Commentaries on Them, etc.