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The legacy of late medieval Franciscan thought is uncontested: for generations, the influence of late-13th and 14th century Franciscans on the development of modern thought has been celebrated by some and loathed by others. However, the legacy of early Franciscan thought, as it developed in the first generation of Franciscan thinkers who worked at the recently-founded University of Paris in the first half of the 13th century, is a virtually foreign concept in the relevant scholarship. The reason for this is that early Franciscans are widely regarded as mere codifiers and perpetrators of the earlier medieval, largely Augustinian, tradition, from which later Franciscans supposedly departed. In this study, leading scholars of both periods in the Franciscan intellectual tradition join forces to highlight the continuity between early and late Franciscan thinkers which is often overlooked by those who emphasize their discrepancies in terms of methodology and sources. At the same time, the contributors seek to paint a more nuanced picture of the tradition’s legacy to Western thought, highlighting aspects of it that were passed down for generations to follow as well as the extremely different contexts and ends for which originally Franciscan ideas came to be employed in later medieval and modern thought.
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For generations, early Franciscan thought has been widely regarded as unoriginal: a mere attempt to systematize the longstanding intellectual tradition of Augustine in the face of the rising popularity of Aristotle. This volume brings together leading scholars in the field to undertake a major study of the major doctrines and debates of the so-called Summa Halensis (1236-45), which was collaboratively authored by the founding members of the Franciscan school at Paris, above all, Alexander of Hales, and John of La Rochelle, in an effort to lay down the Franciscan intellectual tradition or the first time. The contributions will highlight that this tradition, far from unoriginal, laid the groundwork for later Franciscan thought, which is often regarded as formative for modern thought. Furthermore, the volume shows the role this Summa played in the development of the burgeoning field of systematic theology, which has its origins in the young university of Paris. This is a crucial and groundbreaking study for those with interests in the history of western thought and theology specifically.
To Stir a Restless Heart tells for the first time the story of how Thomas Aquinas conversed with ... more To Stir a Restless Heart tells for the first time the story of how Thomas Aquinas conversed with his contemporaries about the dynamics of human nature's longing for God, and documents how he deliberately utilized Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin sources to develop a version of Aristotelian natural desire that was uniquely Augustinian: natural desire seeks the complete fulfillment of human nature "insofar as is possible," and so comes to rest in the highest end that God offers to it. Depending on whether God offers the free gift of grace to humanity, one and the same natural desire can come to rest in knowing God through creatures or seeing God directly.
Tracing the reception of Aquinas in the centuries that follow, Jacob Wood argues that Aquinas's student from among the Augustinian Hermits, Giles of Rome, consciously transformed Aquinas's understanding of human nature. By insisting that every nature has a positive aptitude for one, specific end, Giles tied our natural desire positively and directly to the vision of God, setting up a 700-year challenge among the Augustinian Hermits to explain the integrity of a nature with a supernatural end, as well as the gratuity of the grace which perfects it. Showing how de Lubac's early discovery of that tradition served as a principal source for his "natural desire for a supernatural end," To Stir a Restless Heart argues that many recent criticisms of de Lubac's theological anthropology find ready answers among the Augustinian Hermits, but that a renewed understanding of Aquinas's Augustinianism offers a more complete way forward: it preserves Aristotle's commitment to the integrity of human nature, de Lubac's commitment to the transcendence of human perfection, and Augustine's insistence on the priority and gratuity of divine grace in the work of redemption.
"Our words indicate our thoughts, but our thoughts don't make anything happen…. It's not the same... more "Our words indicate our thoughts, but our thoughts don't make anything happen…. It's not the same with God." In Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments, Dr. Jacob W. Wood shows how Christ gives his Church the power to speak with God's voice in the seven sacraments. In this foundational guide to the sacraments, discover the power of the signs and words that transform us by grace and prepare us for glory.
Articles and Book Chapters by Jacob Wood
The Legacy of Franciscan Thought, 185-206. Edited by Lydia Schumacher. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021
Although Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be a straightforward discu... more Although Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be a straightforward discussion of Anselm’s Proslogion, ch. 2–3, a study of theologians from the preceding decades suggests that the text is also, and perhaps principally, a deliberate contribution to a conversation that was taking place among Franciscans theologians in the 1240s–50s about how to reconcile theories of divine illumination emerging at Oxford and Paris in the 1220s–30s. On the basis of his own highly particularized understanding of divine illumination, which centers on how concupiscence causes fallen human persons to lose access to the illumination of the possible intellect, Aquinas criticizes Bonaventure and the Summa Halensis for arguing that God’s existence is naturally known prior to demonstration, by drawing upon Richard Rufus’ earlier criticism of Proslogion 2 as well as a modified version of the Summa Halensis’ argument that God can be naturally known as the object of desire. Read in this context, q. 2, a. 1 can be seen as a deliberate attempt to place the beginning of theology within the broader context of 13th-century divine illumination theory, and to identify the starting point for the fallen intellect in knowing and naming God.
The Summa Halensis: Doctrines and Debates, 31-52. Edited by Lydia Schumacher. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020
This chapter studies the shift from equivocity and univocity towards analogy in treatises on the ... more This chapter studies the shift from equivocity and univocity towards analogy in treatises on the divine names in late twelfth and early thirteenth century Summae through an analysis of qq. 1-4 of John of La Rochelle’s De divinis nominibus (Ms. Trier 162) and the corresponding sections of the Summa Halensis. It documents how in the De divinis nominibus John selectively edits William of Auxerre’s Summa Aurea in order to introduce the metaphysics of causality into the traditional treatise on the divine names. This initially led John to formulate an analogy of being which accommodated earlier approaches to divine predication by adhering to the modus significandi of concrete names, but using the metaphysics of causality to deny that their res significata could be applied directly to God. Subsequently, the editor of Book 1 of the Summa Halensis—likely John himself—took a more kataphatic approach to the analogy of being. Although he preserved John's earlier use of the res/modus distinction in the case of negative names, he reversed it for names of eminence, denying the modus significandi of concrete names, but using the metaphysics of causality to affirm that their res significata could be predicated "proprie" of God.
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In the course of the Treatise on Beatitude in the Summa theologiae [ST], Thomas Aquinas distingui... more In the course of the Treatise on Beatitude in the Summa theologiae [ST], Thomas Aquinas distinguishes between beatitudo perfecta and beatitudo imperfecta. 1 Perfect beatitude consists in the vision of God in heaven. 2 Imperfect beatitude, however, is more difficult to define. If we consider the term apart from related terms such as beatitudo supernaturalis and beatitudo naturalis, 3 then, while scholars agree that Aquinas's use 1 Aquinas, Summa theologiae [ST] I-II, q. 3, a. 6, corp.: "Duplex est hominis beatitudo, una perfecta, et alia imperfecta. Oportet autem intelligere perfectam beatitudinem, quae attingit ad veram beatitudinis rationem, beatitudinem autem imperfectam, quae non attingit, sed participat quandam particularem beatitudinis similitudinem [Man's beatitude is twofold: one is perfect, and the other imperfect. Now, we should consider that which attains to the true ratio of beatitude as perfect beatitude, while that which does not attain it, but which participates in a particular similarity to beatitude, as imperfect beatitude]" (Opera Omnia [Rome: Leonine Commission, 1882-], 6:33). All translations are the author's. Latin orthography will follow the best available edition of a given work. 2 ST I-II, q. 3, a. 8 (Leonine, 6:35-36). 3
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A revolution is a call to a more perfect tradition from a less perfect tradition, a call to a dee... more A revolution is a call to a more perfect tradition from a less perfect tradition, a call to a deeper tradition from a shallower tradition. It means surpassing tradition in depth by going back, a search for deeper sources; in the literal sense of the word, a 'ressource'… [A] revolution… cannot succeed unless… it causes a deeper humanity than the humanity of the tradition which it opposes to arise and spring forth… 1
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The T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology, 196-222, 2013
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It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in... more It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in his theology, as well as that he was not the first to do so. Yet there is considerable disagreement over whether Thomas intended to conclude that the Dionysian triplex via yields positive and kataphatic, or only negative and apophatic knowledge of God. 1 Unfortunately, scholars for the last century have been hampered in their study of Aquinas's context by two difficulties. The first concerns the text of Alexander of Hales. What was previously thought to be the most comprehensive account of Halensian thought, the Summa fratris Alexandri, is now known to have been edited by many authors besides Alexander after the latter's death in 1245. 2
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics (New York: Oxford, 2014)
Conference Presentations by Jacob Wood
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The legacy of late medieval Franciscan thought is uncontested: for generations, the influence of late-13th and 14th century Franciscans on the development of modern thought has been celebrated by some and loathed by others. However, the legacy of early Franciscan thought, as it developed in the first generation of Franciscan thinkers who worked at the recently-founded University of Paris in the first half of the 13th century, is a virtually foreign concept in the relevant scholarship. The reason for this is that early Franciscans are widely regarded as mere codifiers and perpetrators of the earlier medieval, largely Augustinian, tradition, from which later Franciscans supposedly departed. In this study, leading scholars of both periods in the Franciscan intellectual tradition join forces to highlight the continuity between early and late Franciscan thinkers which is often overlooked by those who emphasize their discrepancies in terms of methodology and sources. At the same time, the contributors seek to paint a more nuanced picture of the tradition’s legacy to Western thought, highlighting aspects of it that were passed down for generations to follow as well as the extremely different contexts and ends for which originally Franciscan ideas came to be employed in later medieval and modern thought.
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For generations, early Franciscan thought has been widely regarded as unoriginal: a mere attempt to systematize the longstanding intellectual tradition of Augustine in the face of the rising popularity of Aristotle. This volume brings together leading scholars in the field to undertake a major study of the major doctrines and debates of the so-called Summa Halensis (1236-45), which was collaboratively authored by the founding members of the Franciscan school at Paris, above all, Alexander of Hales, and John of La Rochelle, in an effort to lay down the Franciscan intellectual tradition or the first time. The contributions will highlight that this tradition, far from unoriginal, laid the groundwork for later Franciscan thought, which is often regarded as formative for modern thought. Furthermore, the volume shows the role this Summa played in the development of the burgeoning field of systematic theology, which has its origins in the young university of Paris. This is a crucial and groundbreaking study for those with interests in the history of western thought and theology specifically.
To Stir a Restless Heart tells for the first time the story of how Thomas Aquinas conversed with ... more To Stir a Restless Heart tells for the first time the story of how Thomas Aquinas conversed with his contemporaries about the dynamics of human nature's longing for God, and documents how he deliberately utilized Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin sources to develop a version of Aristotelian natural desire that was uniquely Augustinian: natural desire seeks the complete fulfillment of human nature "insofar as is possible," and so comes to rest in the highest end that God offers to it. Depending on whether God offers the free gift of grace to humanity, one and the same natural desire can come to rest in knowing God through creatures or seeing God directly.
Tracing the reception of Aquinas in the centuries that follow, Jacob Wood argues that Aquinas's student from among the Augustinian Hermits, Giles of Rome, consciously transformed Aquinas's understanding of human nature. By insisting that every nature has a positive aptitude for one, specific end, Giles tied our natural desire positively and directly to the vision of God, setting up a 700-year challenge among the Augustinian Hermits to explain the integrity of a nature with a supernatural end, as well as the gratuity of the grace which perfects it. Showing how de Lubac's early discovery of that tradition served as a principal source for his "natural desire for a supernatural end," To Stir a Restless Heart argues that many recent criticisms of de Lubac's theological anthropology find ready answers among the Augustinian Hermits, but that a renewed understanding of Aquinas's Augustinianism offers a more complete way forward: it preserves Aristotle's commitment to the integrity of human nature, de Lubac's commitment to the transcendence of human perfection, and Augustine's insistence on the priority and gratuity of divine grace in the work of redemption.
"Our words indicate our thoughts, but our thoughts don't make anything happen…. It's not the same... more "Our words indicate our thoughts, but our thoughts don't make anything happen…. It's not the same with God." In Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments, Dr. Jacob W. Wood shows how Christ gives his Church the power to speak with God's voice in the seven sacraments. In this foundational guide to the sacraments, discover the power of the signs and words that transform us by grace and prepare us for glory.
The Legacy of Franciscan Thought, 185-206. Edited by Lydia Schumacher. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021
Although Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be a straightforward discu... more Although Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be a straightforward discussion of Anselm’s Proslogion, ch. 2–3, a study of theologians from the preceding decades suggests that the text is also, and perhaps principally, a deliberate contribution to a conversation that was taking place among Franciscans theologians in the 1240s–50s about how to reconcile theories of divine illumination emerging at Oxford and Paris in the 1220s–30s. On the basis of his own highly particularized understanding of divine illumination, which centers on how concupiscence causes fallen human persons to lose access to the illumination of the possible intellect, Aquinas criticizes Bonaventure and the Summa Halensis for arguing that God’s existence is naturally known prior to demonstration, by drawing upon Richard Rufus’ earlier criticism of Proslogion 2 as well as a modified version of the Summa Halensis’ argument that God can be naturally known as the object of desire. Read in this context, q. 2, a. 1 can be seen as a deliberate attempt to place the beginning of theology within the broader context of 13th-century divine illumination theory, and to identify the starting point for the fallen intellect in knowing and naming God.
The Summa Halensis: Doctrines and Debates, 31-52. Edited by Lydia Schumacher. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020
This chapter studies the shift from equivocity and univocity towards analogy in treatises on the ... more This chapter studies the shift from equivocity and univocity towards analogy in treatises on the divine names in late twelfth and early thirteenth century Summae through an analysis of qq. 1-4 of John of La Rochelle’s De divinis nominibus (Ms. Trier 162) and the corresponding sections of the Summa Halensis. It documents how in the De divinis nominibus John selectively edits William of Auxerre’s Summa Aurea in order to introduce the metaphysics of causality into the traditional treatise on the divine names. This initially led John to formulate an analogy of being which accommodated earlier approaches to divine predication by adhering to the modus significandi of concrete names, but using the metaphysics of causality to deny that their res significata could be applied directly to God. Subsequently, the editor of Book 1 of the Summa Halensis—likely John himself—took a more kataphatic approach to the analogy of being. Although he preserved John's earlier use of the res/modus distinction in the case of negative names, he reversed it for names of eminence, denying the modus significandi of concrete names, but using the metaphysics of causality to affirm that their res significata could be predicated "proprie" of God.
Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2018
Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2018
In the course of the Treatise on Beatitude in the Summa theologiae [ST], Thomas Aquinas distingui... more In the course of the Treatise on Beatitude in the Summa theologiae [ST], Thomas Aquinas distinguishes between beatitudo perfecta and beatitudo imperfecta. 1 Perfect beatitude consists in the vision of God in heaven. 2 Imperfect beatitude, however, is more difficult to define. If we consider the term apart from related terms such as beatitudo supernaturalis and beatitudo naturalis, 3 then, while scholars agree that Aquinas's use 1 Aquinas, Summa theologiae [ST] I-II, q. 3, a. 6, corp.: "Duplex est hominis beatitudo, una perfecta, et alia imperfecta. Oportet autem intelligere perfectam beatitudinem, quae attingit ad veram beatitudinis rationem, beatitudinem autem imperfectam, quae non attingit, sed participat quandam particularem beatitudinis similitudinem [Man's beatitude is twofold: one is perfect, and the other imperfect. Now, we should consider that which attains to the true ratio of beatitude as perfect beatitude, while that which does not attain it, but which participates in a particular similarity to beatitude, as imperfect beatitude]" (Opera Omnia [Rome: Leonine Commission, 1882-], 6:33). All translations are the author's. Latin orthography will follow the best available edition of a given work. 2 ST I-II, q. 3, a. 8 (Leonine, 6:35-36). 3
Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2017
T&T Clark Companion to Henri de Lubac, 2017
A revolution is a call to a more perfect tradition from a less perfect tradition, a call to a dee... more A revolution is a call to a more perfect tradition from a less perfect tradition, a call to a deeper tradition from a shallower tradition. It means surpassing tradition in depth by going back, a search for deeper sources; in the literal sense of the word, a 'ressource'… [A] revolution… cannot succeed unless… it causes a deeper humanity than the humanity of the tradition which it opposes to arise and spring forth… 1
Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2015
The T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology, 196-222, 2013
The Heythrop Journal, 2016
It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in... more It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in his theology, as well as that he was not the first to do so. Yet there is considerable disagreement over whether Thomas intended to conclude that the Dionysian triplex via yields positive and kataphatic, or only negative and apophatic knowledge of God. 1 Unfortunately, scholars for the last century have been hampered in their study of Aquinas's context by two difficulties. The first concerns the text of Alexander of Hales. What was previously thought to be the most comprehensive account of Halensian thought, the Summa fratris Alexandri, is now known to have been edited by many authors besides Alexander after the latter's death in 1245. 2
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics (New York: Oxford, 2014)
The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review
The Legacy of Early Franciscan Thought, 2021
Although Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be as traightforward discu... more Although Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 2, a. 1, appears to be as traightforward discussion of Anselm's Proslogion,ch. 2-3, as tudy of theologians from the preceding decades suggests thatthe text is also, and perhaps principally, a deliberate contribution to ac onversation that was taking place among Franciscans theologians in the 1240s-50s about how to reconcile theoriesofdivineillumination emerging at Oxford and Paris in the 1220s-30s. On the basiso fh is own highlyp articularizedu nderstanding of divine illumination, which centers on how concupiscencecauses fallen human persons to lose access to the illumination of the possible intellect,A quinas criticizes Bonaventurea nd the Summa Halensis for arguing that God'sexistenceisnaturallyknown priortodemonstration, by drawing upon Richard Rufus' earlier criticism of Proslogion 2a sw ell as am odified version of the Summa Halensis' argument that God can be naturallyk nown as the object of desire. Read in this context,q.2 ,a .1can be seen as ad eliberate attempt to place the beginning of theologyw ithin the broader context of 13th-centuryd ivine illumination theory, and to identify the starting point for the fallen intellect in knowing and naming God. Thomas Aquinas' ST Ia, q. 2, ar.1('whether God'se xistencei sper se notum')i sc ustomarilypresented as astraightforwarddiscussion of Anselm's Proslogion.¹ There are good grounds for this reading: something akin to Anselm'sa rgument from Proslogion 2i sp resented in objection 2, and Aquinas cites Anselm himself directlyi ne arlier discussions of the topic.² But the very fact thatA quinas does not cite Anselm by name in this text should give us pause before interpreting the text solelyasadiscussion of Anselm. No one would wish to denythat the consideration of Anselm is necessary for ap roper understanding of Aquinas' text.B ut one might reasonablya sk whether the consideration of Anselm is sufficient,orwhether amorecompleteunder
Nova et vetera, 2017
Although it met with an initial flurry of resistance, Henri de Lubac’s theological thesis that ma... more Although it met with an initial flurry of resistance, Henri de Lubac’s theological thesis that man has a “natural desire for a supernatural end,” together with his historical thesis that the denial of such a desire lies at the heart of modern secularism, became the generally accepted Thomist consensus until the close of the twentieth century. Recently, however, the consensus has begun to wane. Few disagree that de Lubac’s thought on the natural desire for God remains significant for contemporary theology. After all, it bears an important relationship to the thought of Joseph Ratzinger as found throughout curial documents published under Ratzinger’s tenure as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as well as his pontifical documents as Pope Benedict XVI. However, beginning with the completion of
Nova et vetera, 2018
In THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE, John Milbank and Adrian Pabst propose that liberalism is undergoing a ... more In THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE, John Milbank and Adrian Pabst propose that liberalism is undergoing a “meta-crisis.” On the presupposition that “to do something wrong is also to do something badly, to botch things up in a way that is bound sooner or later (even if decades or centuries later) to fail, because vices are hard to sustain and ultimately self-defeating,” the authors combine Milbank’s critique of liberalism with Pabst’s critique of capitalism to argue not only that the liberal-capitalist order is wrong in principle but also that it has failed at its task of achieving peace and justice. In order to save liberal society from collapsing in on itself, Milbank and Pabst propose a politics of soul-craft, a virtue ethic built upon Christian virtues of “love, trust, hope, mercy, kindness, forgiveness and reconciliation,” which could
Nova et vetera, 2018
Astratt: 150 sena ilu twieled wieħed mis-surmastrijiet l-aktar prolifiċi u versatili li qatt rat ... more Astratt: 150 sena ilu twieled wieħed mis-surmastrijiet l-aktar prolifiċi u versatili li qatt rat id-dinja bandistika ġo pajjiżna. Jagħlaq sninu proprju fl-istess ġurnata illi fiha twieled ir-re tal-opra Taljana, Giuseppe Verdi. Ismu kien magħruf ħafna fil-qasam bandistiku Malti fl-ewwel tliet deċennji tas-seklu li għadda. Qed nirreferi għal ħadd aktar ħlief Mro. Antonio Miruzzi. Għaldaqstant, permezz ta' dal-artiklu, l-Għaqda Mużikali 'San Ġużepp' ta' Ħal Għaxaq qed tissieħeb ma' baned oħrajn biex hi wkoll issellem il-memorja ta' das-surmast li matul ħajtu xerred kemm felaħ it-tagħlim tal-arti mużikali f'pajjiżna.
The Heythrop Journal, 2014
It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in... more It is well known that Thomas Aquinas makes substantial use of the Pseudo-Dionysian triplex via in his theology, as well as that he was not the first to do so. Yet there is considerable disagreement over whether Thomas intended to conclude that the Dionysian triplex via yields positive and kataphatic, or only negative and apophatic knowledge of God. 1 Unfortunately, scholars for the last century have been hampered in their study of Aquinas's context by two difficulties. The first concerns the text of Alexander of Hales. What was previously thought to be the most comprehensive account of Halensian thought, the Summa fratris Alexandri, is now known to have been edited by many authors besides Alexander after the latter's death in 1245. 2 The dubious provenance of individual parts of this work thus stands before contemporary scholars as a barrier to its further study. 3 The second difficulty concerns the text of Albert the Great. As of the beginning of the twentieth century, it was mainly available in the non-critical edition of Bourgnet. 4 The two aforementioned difficulties are not insurmountable. If the Summa fratris Alexandri was edited after Alexander's death, this brings its composition even closer to the start of Aquinas's career. Moreover, if the precise authorship for a given passage cannot be established, still the work exhibits a remarkable coherency on many topics, such as its use of the triplex via. 5 If our goal is to understand the context of Aquinas better, not to establish the ipsissima verba of Alexander, then not only are we justified in studying the Summa fratris Alexandri, we are unjustified in failing to do so. As for Albert, we now possess a great number of his works in critical editions published by the Albertus Magnus Institut in Cologne. 6 Even if a critical edition of Albert's Commentary on the Sentences remains a desideratum, this need not prevent us from studying it, especially when his thought in it can be compared across others of his works, which do exist in critical editions, like the Summa de creaturis. 7 As with the Summa fratris Alexandri, Albert's early work exhibits a remarkable coherency on the subject of the triplex via, which warrants the attention of medievalists in general and of Thomists in specific. This article does not intend to overcome the debate about analogy in the texts of Aquinas. Rather, it intends to supplement that debate with a study of how some of Aquinas's predecessors made use of the triplex via in their theology. By comparing the Summa fratris Alexandri and the early work of Albert the Great, this article will observe one important commonality as well as one important difference in their approaches to the triplex via. Both the Summa fratris and Albert the Great make use of the triplex via in a primarily anthropological context; it is the means by which they turn Philip the Chancellor's doctrine of a natural desire for happiness into bs_bs_banner
T&T CLARK COMPANION TO HENRI DE LUBAC