Works by Thomas Aquinas

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The works of Thomas Aquinas are tremendous both in number and in philosophical and theological depth. It has been said that few philosophers or theologians have written so much of high quality in the amount of time used by St. Thomas: a little less than three decades.

Contents

[edit] Summary of works

Three theological syntheses, or Summas Nine treatises in the form of academic disputations Twelve quodlibetal disputations
Nine exegeses of Scriptural books A collection of glosses from the Church Fathers on the Gospels Eleven expositions of Aristotelian works
Two expositions of works by Boethius Two expositions of works by Proclus Five polemical works
Five expert opinions, or "responsa" Fifteen letters on theological, philosophical, or political subjects A liturgical text
Two famous prayers Approximately 85 sermons Eight philosophical treatises

[edit] Exegetical, homiletical, and liturgical writings

[edit] List of works

Major works are in bold.

[edit] Works in chronological order

Title Date
De fallaciis ad quosdam nobiles artistas 1244-1245
De propositionibus modalibus by 1251
On the Principles of Nature (De principiis naturae ad fratrem Sylvestrum) c. 1255
On Being and Essence (De ente et essentia, ad fratres socios) 1252-1256
Contra impugnantes Dei cultum et religionem 1256
Scripta super libros Sententiarum 1256
Two Sermons from MS Florence [Principium (?)] 1256 (?)
Disputed Questions on Truth (Quaestiones disputatae de Veritate) 1256-1259
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew (Expositio in evangelicum s. Mattaei) 1256-1259 or 1269-1272
Literal Commentary on Job (Expositio in Job ad litteram) 1260
Commentary on Boethius's Book De hebdomadibus (Expositio in librum Boethii De hebdomadibus) c. 1260
Commentary on Boethius's Book On the Trinity (Expositio super librum Boethii De Trinitate) by 1261
De articulis fidei et Ecclesiae sacramentis, ad archiepiscopum Panormitanum c. 1261
De emptione et venditione ad tempus 1262
Summa contra Gentiles (Tractatus de fide catholica, contra Gentiles [contra errores infidelium]) 1261-1263
Against the Errors of the Greeks, to Pope Urban IV (Contra errores Graecorum, ad Urbanum IV Pontificem Maximum) 1263
Sermon on the Holy Eucharist preached in Consistory before Pope Urban IV and the Cardinals 1264
Officium de festo Corporis Christi, ad mandatum Urbani Papae IV 1264
On the Reasons of the Faith against the Saracens, Greeks and Armenians, to the Cantor of Antioch (De rationibus fidei contra Saracenos, Gracos et Armenos, ad Cantorem Antiochiae) 1261-1264
The Golden Chain (Glossa (expositio) continua in Mattheum, Marcum, Lucam, Joannem [Catena aurea]) 1263ff.
Responsio ad fr. Joannem Vercellensem, Generalem Magistrum Ordinis Praedicatorum, de articulis CVIII ex opere Petri de Tarentasia by 1266
Disputed Questions on the Soul (Quaestiones disputatae de Anima) 1267
On Kingship, to the King of Cyprus (De regno [De regimine principum), ad regem Cypri) 1267
Expositio in Dionysium De divinis nominibus by 1268
Expositio super primam decretalem "De fide catholica et sancta Trinitate" et super secundam "Damnamus autem" 1259-1268
Disputed Questions on the Power of God (Quaestiones disputatae de potentia Dei) 1259-1268
Commentary on the Prophet Jeremiah (Expositio in Jeremiam prophetam) 1267-1268
Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (In libros posteriorum Analyticorum expositio) c. 1268
Commentary on Aristotle's De anima [On the Soul] (In libros De anima expositio) c. 1268
Commentary on Aristotle's On Sense and What Is Sensed (In librum De sensu et sensato expositio) c. 1268
Commentary of Aristotle's Memory and Recollection (In librum De memoria et reminiscentia expositio) c. 1268
De substantiis seperatis, seu de angelorum natura, ad fr. Reginaldum, socium suum carissimum c. 1268
De secreto by 1269
Disputed Questions on Spiritual Creatures (Quaestiones disputatae de spiritualibus creaturis) 1266-1269
De perfectione vitae spiritualis 1269
Commentary on the Book Of Causes (Super librum De causis expositio) by 1270
On the Unity of the Intellect against the Averroists (De unitate intellectus, contra Averroistas) 1270
De perfectione vitae spiritualis 1270
Contra pestiferam doctrinam retrahentium pueros a religionis ingressu 1270
Sermons from MSS Madrid and Sevilla 1270
Two sermons from MS Paris 1270
Sermon on Christ the King from MS Soissons 1270
Commentary on the Eight Books of Physics (In octo libros Physicorum expositio) 1268-1271
De regimine Judaeorum, ad Ducissam Brabantiae 1270-1271
De aeternitate mundi, contra murmurantes 1271
Responsio ad fr. Joannem Vercellensem, Generalem Magistrum Ordinis Praedicatorum, de articulis XLII 1271
De motu cordis, ad Magistrum Philippum 1270-1271
De mixtione elementorum, ad Magistrum Philippum c. 1271
Responsio ad lectorem Venetum de articulis XXXVI [two versions] c. 1271
Commentary on the Prophet Isaiah (Expositio in Isaiam prophetam) 1256-1259 or 1269-1272
Four Exordia (Prothemata) of sermons from MS Angers 1269-1272
De forma absolutionis, ad Generalem Magistrum Ordinis 1269-1272
De occultis operationibus naturae, ad quendam militem ultramontanum 1269-1272
De sortibus ad Dominum Jacobum de ... (?) 1269-1272
Quaestiones disputatae de unione Verbi incarnati 1269-1272
Disputed Questions on Evil (Quaestiones disputatae de malo) 1269-1272
Disputed Questions on the Virtues (Quaestiones disputatae de virtutibus) 1269-1272
Commentary on the Gospel of John (Expositio in evangelium Joannis) 1269-1272
Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology (In libros Meteorologicorum expositio) 1269-1271, 1269-1272 or 1272-1273
In libros Peri Hermeneias expositio 1269-1272
Commentary on the Twelve Books of Metaphysics (In duodecim libros Metaphysicorum expositio) 1270-1272
Commentary on the Ten Books of [Nicomachean] Ethics (In decem libros Ethicorum expositio) 1271-1272
Commentary on Aristotle's Politics (In libros Politicorum expositio) 1271-1272
Quaestiones de quodlibet I-XII 1256-1259, 1269-1272
Summa_Theologica 1265-1272
Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul (Expositio in s. Pauli Epistolas) 1259-1265 and 1272-1273 (?)
Commentary on the Psalms of David (In Psalmos Davidis expositio) 1272-1273
Commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens and Earth (In libros De caelo et mundo expositio) 1272-1273
Commentary on Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption (In libros De generatione et corruptione expositio) 1272-1273
Lenten Sermon-Cycle delivered at Naples (57 vernacular sermons, e.g., On the Two Laws of Charity and the Ten Commandments [De duobos praeceptis caritatis et decem legis praeceptis]; Devotissima expositio super symbolum apostolorum; Expositio devotissima orationis dominicae) 1273
Devotissima expositio super salutatione angelica 1269-1272 or 1273
Compendium of Theology (Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Reginaldum socium suum carissimum) c. 1273 (?)
To Bernard, Abbot of Monte Cassino (Ad Bernardum, abbatem Cassinensem) 1274

[edit] Works of uncertain date

De iudiciis astrorum, ad quendam militem ultramontanum
De modo studendi
Commentary on the Song of Songs (Expositio in Canticum Canticorum)
Commentary on the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Expositio in Threnos Jeremiae prophetae)
Hymn: "Adoro te"
Hymn: "Concede mihi misericors Deus"
Quaestio disputata utrum anima coniuncta cognoscat seipsam per essentiam
Disputed Questions on the Immortality of the Soul (Quaestiones disputatae de immortalitate animae)
Responsio ad lectorem Bisuntinum de articulis VI
Three sermons from MS Paris
Three sermons from MS Venice

[edit] Works of uncertain authenticity

De demonstratione
De instantibus
De natura accidentium
De natura generis
De natura materiae et dimensionibus interminalis
De quatuor oppositis
De natura verbi intellectus
De principio individuationis
Sermon: Beata Virgo nec originale nec mortale nec veniale peccatum incurrit, 1269-1272 or 1273

[edit] Editions

The best modern edition of the works of Aquinas is that prepared at the expense of Leo XIII. (Rome, 1882-1903). The Abbé Migne published a very useful edition of the Summa Theologiae, in four 8vo vols., as an appendix to his Patrologiae Cursus Completus; English editions, J. Rickaby (London, 1872), J. M. Ashley (London, 1888).

[edit] References

  • I.T. Eschmann, O.P., 1956 catalog of Thomas's works