Resurrexi Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I love Scholastic theology. It is so beautiful. It fills my soul with prayerful contemplation to read St. Thomas' [i]Summa[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 and yet the ominous words of the Angelic Doctor after viewing that which he had described for so long loom over his entire body of work... "All my works seem like straw after what I have seen" if St. Thomas's words fill you with awe, imagine what it was that he saw which made him he worked them all out think of them as nothing but straw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1854121' date='May 1 2009, 03:14 AM']I love Scholastic theology. It is so beautiful. It fills my soul with prayerful contemplation to read St. Thomas' [i]Summa[/i].[/quote] It is much better in Latin. If you can read the Summa in Latin, hearing it in English is like hearing Mozart on a Kazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Theoketos' post='1854154' date='May 1 2009, 07:28 AM']It is much better in Latin. If you can read the Summa in Latin, hearing it in English is like hearing Mozart on a Kazoo.[/quote] i've been leawrning more and more latin myself. Hope to be able to genuinely start reading in latin next year. Teaching the kids too. They know their Ave Maria' and 'Pater Noster' in latin now. Good kids... good kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Scholasticism produced a lot of great work. Aquinas is his own school. I'm not a fan of neo-scholasticism though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1854121' date='May 1 2009, 01:14 AM']I love Scholastic theology. It is so beautiful. It fills my soul with prayerful contemplation to read St. Thomas' [i]Summa[/i].[/quote] Have you read what Adrienne von Speyr says about Aquinas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddington Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1854309' date='May 1 2009, 02:17 PM']Have you read what Adrienne von Speyr says about Aquinas?[/quote] What did she say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggamafu Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Theoketos' post='1854154' date='May 1 2009, 07:28 AM']It is much better in Latin. If you can read the Summa in Latin, hearing it in English is like hearing Mozart on a Kazoo.[/quote] Latin sounds pretty...but is it really more articulate and precise in its vocabulary than English? It seems that a very talented translator could bring more out of the Summa in English than in the original Latin, but I'm no expert of linguistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1854309' date='May 1 2009, 01:17 PM']Have you read what Adrienne von Speyr says about Aquinas?[/quote] Why would I really care what she has to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I'm not a fan of Balthazar and his followers either, though I have read a few insightful things by him in books not written by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 [quote name='kafka' post='1854612' date='May 1 2009, 05:17 PM']I'm not a fan of Balthazar and his followers either, though I have read a few insightful things by him in books not written by him.[/quote] I only ever read one book by Balthazar, I wasn't impressed at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 [quote name='Hassan' post='1854655' date='May 1 2009, 07:58 PM']I only ever read one book by Balthazar, I wasn't impressed at all.[/quote] I started to read one of his works, and got tired of it. Too undisciplined for my taste. Reminded me of Chesterton I also got tired of his 'Orthodoxy' after a few chapters. For me they are good for short occasional insights, but their works as a whole just dont do it for me. and so God created Karl Rahner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1854600' date='May 1 2009, 03:56 PM']Why would I really care what she has to say?[/quote] Now that is a good answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abercius24 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 [quote name='Theoketos' post='1854154' date='May 1 2009, 07:28 AM']It is much better in Latin. If you can read the Summa in Latin, hearing it in English is like hearing Mozart on a Kazoo.[/quote] [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1854680' date='May 1 2009, 08:40 PM']Now that is a good answer.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1854309' date='May 1 2009, 11:47 PM']Have you read what Adrienne von Speyr says about Aquinas?[/quote] Please do tell us what she says, if you have the time. I would like to know. Edited May 2, 2009 by Innocent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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