Thomas Aquinas on Abstinence and Fasting: Participating in Christ's Cruciform Wisdom
This article argues that St. Thomas Aquinas's treatise on temperance in the Summa Theologiae offers what in effect constitutes a series of embodied spiritual exercises whose goal is to facilitate the reader in his progress towards the contemplation of Divine realities. Attention to Thomas'...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2019]
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Pro ecclesia
Year: 2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 385-402 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274, Summa theologiae
/ Abstinence
/ Fasting
/ Concupiscence
/ Passion
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | This article argues that St. Thomas Aquinas's treatise on temperance in the Summa Theologiae offers what in effect constitutes a series of embodied spiritual exercises whose goal is to facilitate the reader in his progress towards the contemplation of Divine realities. Attention to Thomas's treatment of Christ's Passion reveals moreover that the embodied wisdom practices of abstinence and fasting lead to a greater participation in the Cross of Christ and prepare the one who undertakes them for the reception of a cruciform wisdom. Finally, it is argued, these embodied wisdom practices also exert an influence on the pursuit of speculative theological wisdom. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1063851219873160 |