St. Thomas Aquinas
The Angelic Doctor has made such a large impact on Catholic theology and philosophy, that his life and writings deserve a page all their own.
Books
Latin for “golden chain”, the Catena Aurea is St. Thomas Aquinas’s masterful weaving together of the commentary of the Fathers of the Church on all four Gospels. This edition was translated by St. John Henry Newman into English.
- The Bread of Life, St Thomas Aquinas on the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar: Arranged as Meditations with Prayers and Thanksgivings for Holy Communion
Recommended by the authors of With God and Henry Edward Cardinal Manning as a continuation of the mission of his books The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost and The Internal Mission of the Holy Ghost.
According to Wikipedia, this is the author’s “most important literary work, […] on which he had spent endless pains”.
Book Snippets
The Catena Aurea
p.n38 The Fathers of the Church on the healing of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law
p.n40 The Fathers of the Church on Jesus healing many sick and possessed at the Sabbath’s sunset
p.n74 The Fathers of the Church on those who thought Jesus was insane or possessed
p.142 The Fathers of the Church on the Spring of Living Water
p.394 The Fathers of the Church on Jesus bringing not Peace but the Sword
p.466 The Fathers of the Church on the Five Divided in One House
p.598 Mary Magdalene sees Jesus first after the Resurrection
p.885 The Fathers of the Church on Jesus making arrangements for the Last Supper
The Bread of Life, St Thomas Aquinas on the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar