RT Article
T1 Thomas Aquinas on Mental Disorder and the Sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist: Summa Theologica 3.68.12 and 3.80.9 Revisited
JF Journal of disability & religion
VO 20
IS 4
SP 239
OP 264
A1 Bankhead, Ivan ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1572019476
AB In this article, I seek to clarify the subjects of two articles in Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica (ST) in which he addresses whether baptism should be given to furiosi et amentes (ST 3.68.12) and the Eucharist to "those who have not the use of reason" (ST 3.80.9). I argue that the subgroups identified in these articles are not always represented accurately in the most common translation of the ST into English and that this has subsequently negatively impacted upon attempts to interpret the articles. I propose an alternative reading, both of each article individually and of the two articles collectively, based on a model of mental capacity.
K1 Aquinas
K1 Baptism
K1 Church History
K1 Intellectual disability
K1 mental capacity
K1 Mental Disorder
K1 Psychology
K1 The Eucharist
K1 Vulnerability
DO 10.1080/23312521.2016.1244502