Grace and Freedom

Operative Grace in the Thought of St.Thomas Aquinas, Volume 1

Bernard Lonergan, Frederick Crowe, S.J., Robert Doran, S.J.

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University of Toronto Press
01 June 2000

Literary studies: general

Series: Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan

Grace and Freedom represents Lonergan's entry into subject matter that would occupy him throughout his lifetime. At the same time it is a manifestation of the thinking that has made him one of the world's foremost Thomist scholars.

The volume is in two parts. Part One is a new edition of ""Grace and Freedom: Operative Grace in the Thought of St Thomas Aquinas"", four articles written by Lonergan in 1941-42, first published in book form in 1971. This edition includes new notes and indices. Part Two is Lonergan's doctoral dissertation, ""Gratia Operans"", submitted to the Gregorian University, Rome, in 1940. Published here in full for the first time, the dissertation provides important context and background for the articles in the first part. Lonergan's thesis is that, from the sixteenth century onwards, commentators on Thomas Aquinas lacked historical consciousness, raised questions that Thomas had never considered, and obfuscated the issues. Lonergan's achievement consists in having retrieved the actual position of Thomas by adopting a historical approach that has reconstructed his intellectual development on grace. The majority of contemporary theologians now agree with the implementation of the historical method. What Lonergan also adds is a unique diagnosis of the mistakes made by the modern scholastic authors in their treatment of grace. Throughout this work, Lonergan discovers in Thomas a mind in constant development, displaying radical shifts on fundamental questions. Together the two parts not only reveal an essential step in Lonergan's own development, but also make an impressive contribution to Thomist studies.

By: Bernard Lonergan
Edited by: Frederick Crowe S.J., Robert Doran, S.J.
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780802083371
ISBN 10: 0802083374
Series: Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan
Pages: 506
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), a professor of theology, taught at Regis College, Harvard University, and Boston College. An established author known for his Insight and Method in Theology, Lonergan received numerous honorary doctorates, was a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971 and was named as an original member of the International Theological Commission by Pope Paul VI. Frederick E. Crowe is a co-founder of the Lonergan Research Institute and a professor emeritus at the Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. Robert M. Doran is the Emmett Doerr Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology at Marquette University.

Reviews for Grace and Freedom: Operative Grace in the Thought of St.Thomas Aquinas, Volume 1

'Grace and Freedom is one of the most important books on the theology of Thomas Aquinas to come out of the twentieth century. In it Lonergan shows brilliantly and convincingly that Aquinas arrived at a solution to the problem of grace and freedom that neither the Banezians nor the Molinists ever fathomed.'--J. Michael Stebbins, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University