The Aquinas Institute offers a new online Masters in Theology
Under the patronage of our Lady on this feast of her Assumption into Heaven, The Aquinas Institute is pleased to announce a new online masters in theology program. The aim of the Graduate Theology Curriculum is simple: to impart the fundamental principles of theology....
New Release: Aquinas on Aristotle’s Metaphysics
The Aquinas Institute is pleased to announce the publication of St. Thomas’s commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics in a new Latin-English edition, with the text of Aristotle in Latin, Greek, and English. Volume I and Volume II can be purchased through the St. Paul...
Discuss the Great Books Online: for College Credit
There are many excellent Catholic brick-and-mortar colleges these days, and several good online programs. Nonetheless, few students discover the tremendous heritage of Western civilization, and, for various reasons, only a tiny percentage of all Catholics will attend...
The Pamplona Exemplar
On February 18 we had the great pleasure and privilege of viewing one of the authoritative original manuscripts of Thomas Aquinas’s commentary on Book III of the Sentences: the Pamplona university exemplar. A university exemplar is a master copy made from an author’s...
Mother of God, Queen of Heaven
In 1858 Our Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a young girl in Lourdes, France. Our Lady called herself the Immaculate Conception. One year later Our Lady appeared to Adele Brise, a young woman in Champion, Wisconsin, and called herself the Queen of Heaven. Both...
2019 Summer Theology Program Recap
Nearly 40 people from all across the country spent the week of August 12-16 in Wausau, Wisconsin studying St. Thomas Aquinas's commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. The event was a collaborative effort of The Aquinas Institute for the Study of Sacred...
Big news for the Aquinas Institute’s 10th Anniversary
When the Aquinas Institute was founded in 2008, we built on a strong foundation. We had a deep background in St. Thomas Aquinas, years of experience translating medieval Latin, and a passion for our mission: to make the texts of Aquinas available as widely as possible...
The Plan of the Summa contra gentiles in the Words of Scripture
At the head of each of the four books of the Summa contra gentiles, St. Thomas places a verse from Scripture that expresses his plan for the book. Book I. On God. My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate impiety (Prov 8:7). Wherefore the twofold office of...
Evangelicals and Aquinas
We were pleased to hear from Scott Corbin about how much he likes his Aquinas Institute Summa volumes—and intrigued, since Scott is a student at a Southern Baptist seminary. We asked Scott to share some thoughts with us about how Thomas Aquinas appeals to more than...
Aquinas now available in bilingual eBooks
When we set out to publish the entire Opera Omnia of Aquinas, we were determined to make books that students and teachers would love: readable, durable, beautiful—and yet affordable. And the message from all of you has been loud and clear: we love these volumes! But...