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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements i Introduction iii CHAPTER I Legere, Disputare, Praedicare and the Hermeneutics of Scripture 1.1 Thomas Aquinas as a Master of the Sacred Page 1 1.1.1 A Threefold Hermeneutic of Scripture 1 1.1.2 Renewed Interest in the Biblical Commentaries 3 1.1.3 Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology 8 1.2 Aquinas Perception of Scripture 10 1.2.1 The Senses of Scripture 10 1.2.2 The Purpose of Sacred Scripture 15 1.2.3 The Unity of Scripture 19 1.3 Searching for the Meaning of Scripture 21 1.3.1 Scripture, Auctoritas, and Tradition 21 1.3.2 Aquinas and Augustine 22 1.3.3 Tools for the Study of Sacred Scripture 23 1.3.4 Dividing the Text 26 1.4 Conclusion: Aquinas Interpretation of Scripture 27 CHAPTER II Background and Structure of the Commentary on Matthew 2.1 The Text of the Commentary on Matthew 30 2.1.1 Aquinas Lectures on Matthew 30 2.1.2 Witnesses to the Lectures 33 2.1.3 Reception of the Reportationes 37

2.1.4 Traces of the Reporting Process 40 2.1.5 Further Questions and Remarks about the Reportationes 41 2.1.6 The Basel Manuscript and the Beatitudes 42 2.2 Thomas Aquinas Perception of the Gospel of Matthew 45 2.2.1 Discussions of the Nature of the Gospel of Matthew 45 2.2.2 Matthew and the Human Nature of Christ 47 2.2.3 Doctrina as Ordering Principle for the Commentary 48 2.2.4 Divisio Textus in the Commentary on Matthew 51 2.3 Central Themes of the Commentary on Matthew 52 2.3.1 Historical Background of the Commentary 52 2.3.1.1 Vita Apostolica 53 2.3.1.2 Preaching 55 2.3.1.3 Heresy 56 2.3.2 Treatises in the Commentary 58 2.4 The Senses of Scripture 60 2.4.1 Establishing the Literal Sense 60 2.4.2 Use of the Spiritual Sense 61 2.5 Conclusion: The Commentary as a Source 63 CHAPTER III Legere: The Way of the Beatitudes 3.1 The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount 68 3.1.1 The Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain 68 3.1.2 The Number and Order of the Beatitudes 69 3.1.3 The Addressees of the Beatitudes and the Sermon 71 3.1.4 Relation of the Beatitudes to the Precepts of the Sermon 72 3.2 Beatitudo and the Beatitudes 74

3.2.1 The Preface as the Key to the Commentary 74 3.2.2 Beatitudo 75 3.2.2.1 Happiness and Eudaimonism 75 3.2.2.2 The Adequate Description of Human Happiness 78 3.2.2.3 Theoria and Contemplation as Ultimate Happiness 81 3.2.3 Law: From Decalogue to Beatitudes 84 3.2.4 Merit: Blessed are... 86 3.2.5 The Grace of the Holy Spirit 88 3.2.6 Reward:... theirs is the kingdom of heaven 91 3.2.7 Merit, Reward, and Cooperation with Grace 93 3.3 The Way of the Beatitudes 96 3.3.1 A Path of Perfection 96 3.3.2 Living the Beatitudes 101 3.3.2.1 Blessed are the poor in spirit 102 3.3.2.2 Blessed are the meek 104 3.3.2.3 Blessed are they who mourn 105 3.3.2.4 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice 106 3.3.2.5 Blessed are the merciful 107 3.3.2.6 Blessed are the clean of heart 109 3.3.2.7 Blessed are the peacemakers 111 3.3.3 Silver Purified Seven Times 113 3.3.4 Merit and Reward 114 3.4 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Human Person 115 3.4.1 Development of the Theology of the Gifts 115 3.4.2 The Gifts in Christ and in the Christian 117 3.5 Conclusion: A Structure of Moral Perfection 120

CHAPTER IV Disputare: The Beatitudes in the Summa Theologiae 4.1 The Disputatio and the Summa Theologiae 124 4.1.1 The Summa as a Literary Form of Disputation 124 4.2 Aquinas Earlier Interpretations of the Beatitudes 125 4.2.1 Contemporary Discussions and the Sentences 125 4.2.2 The Gifts: Commentary on Isaiah 11:3 128 4.2.3 The Fruits: Commentary on Galatians 5:22 131 4.2.4 Acts of the Gifts as a Form of Heroic Virtue 133 4.2.5 Semi-Pelagianism and the Need for a New Distinction 136 4.3 The Beatitudes in the Structure of the Summa Theologiae 140 4.3.1 Virtues, Gifts, Beatitudes, and Fruits in the Summa 140 4.3.2 Relevant Discussions of the Beatitudes in the Summa 141 4.3.3 The Structure of the Summa Theologiae 142 4.3.3.1 Happiness in the Structure of the Summa 144 4.3.3.2 Virtues, Gifts, Beatitudes, Fruits in the Secunda Pars 145 4.3.3.3 The Beatitudes Complete the Treatise on Happiness 147 4.3.3.4 New Proposal for the Entire Secunda Pars 149 4.4 Virtues, Gifts, Beatitudes, and Fruits in the Prima Secundae 154 4.4.1 The Distinction Between Acquired and Infused Virtues 154 4.4.2 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Beatitudes 157 4.4.2.1 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Virtues 159 4.4.2.2 The Theological Virtues and the Gifts 161 4.4.3 The Beatitudes as Acts of the Gifts 162 4.4.3.1 Reward and the Reign of the Holy Spirit 165 4.4.3.2 Merit and Reward in the Active and Contemplative Life 167 4.4.4 The Fruits of the Holy Spirit 170

4.4.4.1 The Beatitudes as Fruits 172 4.4.4.2 The Interiority of the Fruits 173 4.4.4.3 The Fruits as the Supervenient End of the Beatitudes 175 4.4.4.4 Happiness as the Fruition of God 177 4.4.5 The New Synthesis of the Prima Secundae 178 4.4.5.1 The Function of the Beatitudes in the Prima Secundae 180 4.5 The Beatitudes in the Secunda Secundae 181 4.5.1 Objective and Organization of the Secunda Secundae 181 4.5.2 Connection of Virtues, Gifts, Beatitudes, and Fruits 184 4.5.3 The Actions of the Beatitudes 186 4.5.3.1 Charity, Wisdom, and Peace: The Perfection of Life 192 4.5.4 Our Father: Ordering Desire toward the Ultimate End 194 4.5.4.1 The Petitions and the Gift of the Holy Spirit 197 4.6 Conclusion: The Beatitudes as Way in the Secunda Pars 199 CHAPTER V Praedicare: The Beatitudes in Aquinas Sermons 5.1 Thomas Aquinas the Preacher 204 5.1.1 Preaching to the Academy 204 5.1.2 The Vocation of the Preacher 205 5.1.3 Studying the Sermons 207 5.1.4 The Sermo Modernus and its Sources 209 5.2 The Beatitudes in the Sermons for All Saints 210 5.2.1 Preaching on the Solemnity of All Saints 210 5.2.2 Beati qui habitant 211 5.2.3 Beata gens 214 5.2.4 Happiness is Eternal: The Parisian Debates 217

5.2.5 The Communion of Saints and the Beatitudes 219 5.2.6 The Answer to the Question of Happiness 221 5.2.7 The Sermons in Relation to the Commentary and Summa 223 5.3 The Beatitudes in the Collationes on the Our Father 228 5.3.1 Characteristics and Text of the Collationes 228 5.3.2 Beatitudo as the End of the Our Father 230 5.3.3 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit 231 5.3.4 From Gifts to Petitions, from Petitions to Beatitudes 233 5.4.5 The Collationes and the Sermons for All Saints 235 5.3.6 Relation to the Commentary on Matthew and the Summa 236 5.4 Conclusion: Prayer and Action on the Way to Happiness 238 CONCLUSION The Way of the Christian Life 241 Bibliography 249 Appendices 273 A Text of the Basel manuscript on Mt. 5:1-10 274 B - The Structure of the Old Testament in Hic est liber 290 C - The Compilation of an Editon of the Commentary 292 D - The Advance of Christ through the World 294 E - Alignments of Gifts and Beatitudes in Secunda Secundae 296 F - The Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes 298 Indices 300 Summary 311