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by Emmanuel Doronzo, O.M.I. | Introduction by Matthew K. Minerd, Ph.D.
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Books 1–4 Newly typeset edition Fundamental theology Paperback & Hardback✠ OVERVIEW ✠
Introduction by Matthew K. Minerd, Ph.D. Newly typeset edition. Originally published as The Science of Sacred Theology for Teachers in four separate volumes by Notre Dame Institute Press (Middleburg, Virginia) in 1974 & 1976. The four books (Introduction to Theology, Revelation, The Channels of Revelation, The Church)— conveniently gathered in this volume titled The Science of Sacred Theology—were written by the great but sorely neglected theologian, Fr. Emmanuel Doronzo, O.M.I. (1903–1976), as abbreviated texts of his Theologia Dogmatica, a two-volume work totalling over 2,000 pages.
These four books were originally published by the Notre Dame Pontifical Catechetical Institute which was founded by Msgr. Eugene Kevane, dean of the school of education at the Catholic University of America. A native of the city of Barletta in South-Eastern Italy, a graduate of the Gregorianum and the Angelicum (where he was a student of the great Thomist master, Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange), Fr. Doronzo taught for decades in Europe and the United States, first in Turin, Italy, then at the scholasticate of the Oblates of Mary in San Antonio, Texas, and finally at the Catholic University of America. He was a two-time recipient of the Catholic Theological Society of America’s Cardinal Spellman Award, receiving it, along with several other recipients, in 1947 (the first year this award was conferred) as well as a second time in 1951.
And he served as a consultator for the American pre-conciliar theological commission for the Second Vatican Council, doing so along with his fellow CUA faculty member, Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton. These four books will introduce the reader to important foundational themes in fundamental theology and ecclesiology. In them, Fr. Doronzo clearly sets forth the traditional Thomistic teaching concerning the nature of theological science, the supernaturality of faith, the nature of revelation, the rational credibility of revelation, a clear summary of the various sources of theology (in the tradition of Melchior Cano’s De locis theologicis), and a thoroughly documented introduction to ecclesiology. These texts will be of use to both teachers and students who are interested in the recovery of a traditional and robust Thomistic theology.
Why this volume matters
In an age of theological fragmentation, Doronzo offers the reader principles: the formal object of theology, the role of revelation, the relation of faith and reason, the channels of revelation, and the Church as Christ’s visible and indefectible society.
Theological science
A clear treatment of theology as a true science proceeding under the light of revelation.
Faith & reason
A disciplined account of revelation, credibility, miracles, prophecy, and the rational foundations of faith.
Theological loci
Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium are treated as the channels of revelation.
Ecclesiology
A substantial introduction to the Church, the Roman Pontiff, the episcopacy, the laity, and the marks of the Church.
❦ FROM THE WORK ❦“Theology is the science about God under the light of revelation.
Book 1 · Theology as a Science
“Theology is the “greatest human wisdom on earth, not only in one or the other order, but absolutely.”
Book 1 · Properties of Theology
“The source of revelation is the Gospel itself, that is, the teaching of Christ and of the apostles.
Glossary · Channels of Revelation
“Revelation is both the principle and the formal light of theology.
Glossary · Revelation
✦ INSIDE THE VOLUME ✦Book 1
Introduction to Theology
What theology is, its possibility, functions, methods, division, and history.Book 2
Revelation
The nature, possibility, fittingness, necessity, credibility, miracles, prophecies, and fact of revelation.Book 3
The Channels of Revelation
Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium, dogma, theological conclusions, notes, and censures.Book 4
The Church
The Church’s institution, nature, structure, powers, papal primacy, episcopacy, laity, properties, and marks.For teachers and students
The volume is especially suited to those who need orderly principles before entering more specialized dogmatic, moral, scriptural, or historical studies.
For theological recovery
Doronzo restores the discipline of theology as a science rooted in faith, ordered by wisdom, and governed by the object that gives it unity: God known under the light of revelation.
✠ PRODUCT DETAILS ✠Author
Emmanuel Doronzo, O.M.I.
Introduction
Matthew K. Minerd, Ph.D.
ISBN
978-1-990685-29-3 (pbk)
978-1-990685-30-9 (hc)Original publication
Notre Dame Institute Press, 1974 & 1976
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✠ ENDORSEMENTS ✠
Clarity
A clear, deep, and accessible guide to Catholic doctrine.
Object
A reminder that sacred theology is ordered to God as He is in Himself.
Tradition
A rare example of neo-scholastic theology written in English after Vatican II.
Recovery
A welcome restoration of books long unavailable and nearly forgotten.
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