The Virtues, or the Examined Life

Romanus Cessario, O.P.
The Virtues, or the Examined Life

Bibliography

The following bibliography includes specific studies on virtue and the moral life. For a general introduction to Thomist perspectives and doctrines, see Brian Davies, The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992) and Jean-Pierre Torrell, Initiation a saint Thomas d’Aquin. Sa personne et son oeuvre (Paris-Fribourg: Cerf-Editions universitaires, 1993) ET: Saint Thomas Aquinas. The Person and his Work (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1996). And for more general questions of Thomist virtue theory, see Romanus Cessario, The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991) and Benedict M. Ashley, O.P., Living the Truth in Love (New York: Alba House, 1996). For a general introduction to Thomist moral theology, see Servais Pinckaers, O.P., The Sources of Christian Ethics, trans. Sr Mary Thomas Noble, O.P. (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995) and Romanus Cessario, O.P, Introduction to Moral Theology (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 2001).

Part I: The Theological Virtues

Chapter 1: Faith and the Life of Christian Virtue

  1. Cessario, Romanus, O.P, Christian Faith and the Theological Life (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Univesity of America Press, 1996).

  2. Aubert, Jean-Marie. “La specificite de la morale chretienne selon saint Thomas.” Le Supplement 92 (1970): 55-73.

  3. Aumann, Jordan. “Mystical Experience, the Infused Virtues and the Gifts.” Angelicum 58 (1981): 33-54.

  4. Bourgeois, Daniel. “Inchoatio vitae aeternae. La dimension eschatologique de la vertu theologique de foi chez S. Thomas d’Aquin.” Sapienzia 27 (1974): 272-314.

  5. McInerny, Ralph. Aquinas on Human Action. A Theory of Practice. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University Press of America, 1992.

  6. Pieper, Josef. Belief and Faith. New York: Pantheon, 1963.

  7. Spicq, Ceslaus. Connaissance et Morale dans la Bible. Fribourg, Presses universitaires, 1985.

Chapter 2: Theological Hope and Christian Expectation

  1. Bernard, Charles A. Theologie de I’esperance selon s. Thomas d’Aquin. Paris: Vrin, 1961.

  2. De Letter, P. “Hope and Charity in St. Thomas.” The Thomist 13 (1950): 204-248; 325-352.

  3. Gillon, Louis B. Cristo e la teologia morale. Rome, 1961.

  4. Hill, William J. Hope, Volume 33 of the Blackfriars edition of the Summa theologiae 2a2ae. 17-22. London, 1966.

  5. Knox, Ronald A. Enthusiasm. Westminister, MD: Christian Classics, 1983.

  6. Pieper, Josef. Hope. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986.

  7. Ratzinger, Josef. Guardare Cristo. Esercizi di fede, speanza et carità (Milano, 1989).

Chapter 3: Theological Charity and Communio

  1. Abel, J. “L’ influence de la charite dans la vie morale. Une controverse entre commentateurs de saint Thomas.” Recherches de theologie ancienne et medievale 37 (1970): 56-74.

  2. Bobik, Joseph. “Aquinas on Communicatio. The Foundation of Friendship and Caritas.” The Modern Schoolmen 64 (1986): 1 -18.

  3. Gilleman, G. The Primacy of Charity in Moral Theology. Trans. W.F. Ryan and A. Vachon. Westminster, MD: Newman, 1959.

  4. Gilson, Etienne. “Wisdom and Love in St. Thomas Aquinas.” Aquinas Lectures. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1951.

  5. Meilaender, Gilbert C. The Theory and Practice of Virtue. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984.

  6. Schockenhoff, Eberhard. Bonum hominis. Die anthropologischen und theologischen Grundlagen der Tugendethik des Thomas von Aquin. Mainz: Matthias-Grunewald-Verlag, 1987.

  7. Wadell, Paul J. The Primacy of Love. An Introduction to the Ethics of Thomas Aquinas. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.

Part II: The Moral Virtues

Chapter 4: Christian Prudence and Practical Wisdom

  1. Gillon, L.B. “La hierarchic axiologique des vertus morales selon saint Thomas.” Angelicum 40 (1963): 3-24.

  2. Inagaki, Bernard Ryosuke. “Habitus and Natura in Aquinas,” in Studies in Medieval Philosophy. Edited by John F. Wippel. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1987: 159-175.

  3. Labourdette, Michel. M. “Conscience practique et savoir moral.” Revue Thomiste 48 (1948): 142-179.

  4. Langan, John P. “Augustine on the Unity and the Interconnection of the Virtues.” Harvard Theological Review 72 (1979): 81 -95.

  5. Nelson, Daniel Mark. The Priority of Prudence. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992.

  6. Pieper, Josef. Uber die Klugheit. Olten: Summa-Verlag, 1947.

  7. Pinckaers, Servais. Morality. The Catholic View. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2001.

Chapter 5: Christian Justice and Human Society

  1. Geach, Peter. The Virtues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

  2. Hugon, E. “La piete dans S. Thomas d’Aquin.” Vie Spirituelle 15 (1927): 693-703.

  3. De Koninck, Charles. “In Defense of St. Thomas: A Reply to Father Eschmann’s Attack on the Primacy of the Common Good.” Laval Theologique et Philosophique 1, No. 2 (1945): 9-109.

  4. MacIntyre, Alasdair. Whose Justice? Which Rationality? London: Duckworth, 1988.

  5. Mongillo, Dalmatius. “La struttura del ‘De justitia’. Summa Theologiae II-II qq. 57–122.” Angelicum 48 (1971): 355-377.

  6. Pieper, Josef. The Four Cardinal Virtues. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1965.

  7. Wadell, Paul J. Friendship and the Moral Life. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1989.

Chapter 6: Fortitude and the Courage of Christ

  1. Congar, Yves Marie. “Le traite de la force dans la Somme theologique de S. Thomas d’Aquin.” Angelicum 51 (1974): 331 -348.

  2. Dent, N.J.H. The Moral Psychology of the Virtues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.

  3. Ray, A. Chadwick. “A Fact About The Virtues.” The Thomist 54 (1990): 429-451.

  4. Roberts, Robert C. “Emotions Among the Virtues of the Christian Life.” The Journal of Religious Ethics 20 (1992): 37-68.

  5. Simon, Yves R. The Definition of Moral Virtue. New York: Fordham Univeristy Press, 1986.

  6. Smith, Ignatius. “The Militant Christian Virtues.” The Thomist 4 (1942): 193-220.

  7. Yearley, Lee H. “The Nature-Grace Question in the Context of Fortitude.” The Thomist 35 (1971): 557-580.

Chapter 7: Christian Temperance and Human Needs

  1. Carlson, Sebastian. “The Virtue of Humility.” The Thomist 1 (1944) 135- 78; 8 (1944) 363-414.

  2. Cessario, Romanus. “The Meaning of Virtue in Catholic Moral Life: Its Significance for Human Life Issues.” The Thomist 53 (1989): 173-96.

  3. Fairlie, Henry. The Seven Deadly Sins Today. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1978.

  4. Jordan, Mark D. “Aquinas’ Construction of a Moral Account of the Passions.” Freiburger Zeitschrift fur Philosophie und Theologie 33 (1986): 71 - 97.

  5. May, William E. An Introduction to Moral Theology. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1994.

  6. Pie, Albert. Vie Affective et Chastete. Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1964.

  7. Shivanandan, Mary. Natural Sex. New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc., 1979.