Contents
Foreword by Andrew Hofer, OP
Abbreviations
A Renaissance Cardinal, Theologian, and Reformer in via Thomae
Cajetan and Sacred Doctrine
Part One: Sacred Doctrine is the Framework
Faith and Theology
Cajetan on Faith
Chapter 2: Sacred Doctrine and the Church
Theologia and Oikonomia
Sacred Doctrine as the Church’s Framework
The Prophetic Role of the Papacy
Maiores and Minores
The Creed as the Summa Theologiae’s Framework
Cajetan’s Rosetta Stone
Part Two: Sacred Doctrine as the Habit of Theology
Pseudo-Dionysian Helicoidal Contemplation
The First Syllogism (ST, I, q. 1, a. 1, c.)
The Necessity of Sacred Doctrine and a Critique of Scotus
Contemplating the Wise and Beautiful bArbArA
On the Nature of Science (In ST, I-II, q. 54, a. 4)
Theology as a Subalternate Science (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 2)
Theologies of Light
Arguments against Theology as a Science
Theology Is a Single Science (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 3)
Theology Is Both Speculative and Practical (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 4)
Theology Compared to Philosophy (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 5)
Theology as a Unique Habit of Wisdom (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 6)
The Subject of Theology (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 7)
The Revelabilia
The Act of Reasoning in Speculative Theology (In ST, I, q. 1, a. 8)
The Act of Judgment in Biblical Theology
The Literal Sense of Scripture (In ST, I, q. 1, aa. 9–10)
Cajetan—A Biblical-Ecumenical Theologian?
Conclusion: Perennial Truths in the End Times
Appendix 1: A Chronology of Cardinal Cajetan’s Life and Works
Appendix 2: Cajetan’s Commentary—In ST, Prima Pars, Quaestio 1, 1–3
Appendix 3: The Apostles’ Creed as the Architectonic Principle of the Summa Theologiae
Bibliography
Index of the Works of Cajetan
General Index