An edition of A Manual Of Catholic Theology
(1890)
A Manual Of Catholic Theology
Based On Scheeben's "Dogmatik"
by Thomas Bartholomew Scannell, Matthias Joseph Scheeben, and Wilhelm, Joseph, 1845-1920
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
Preface v
Introduction.
I. Definition and Division of Theology xvii
II. A Short Sketch of the History of Theology xviii
III. The Special Task of Theology at the Present Time — The Plan 1
BOOK I.
THE SOURCES OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.
THE OBJECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.
Chap. I. — Divine Revelation.
§ 1. Notion of Revelation — Three Degrees of Revelation 3
§ 2. The Nature and Subject-matter of Natural Revelation 4
§ 3. The Object and Necessity of a Positive Revelation — Its Supernatural Character 6
§ 4. The Subject-matter of Supernatural Revelation — Mysteries 8
§ 5. The Province of Revelation 11
§ 6. Progress of Revelation 13
Chap. II. — The Transmission of Revelation.
§ 7. The Protestant Theory and the Catholic Theory concerning the Mode of transmitting and enforcing Revelation 16
§ 8. Further Explanation of the Catholic Theory 18
PART I.
§ 9. Demonstration of the Catholic Theory 20
§ 10. Organization of the Teaching Apostolate — Its Relations with the Two Powers and the Two Hierarchical Orders instituted by Christ 32
§ 11. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — Organization of the Teaching Body 35
§ 12. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — The Auxiliary Members of the Teaching Body 40
§ 13. Organization of the Apostolate (continued) — Organic Union between the Teaching Body and the Body of the Faithful 43
§ 14. Organization of the Apostolate (concluded) — External and Internal Indefectibility of Doctrine and Faith in the Church — Recapitulation 45
§ 15. Gradual Progress in the Transmission of Revelation — Apostolic Deposit : Ecclesiastical Tradition : Rule of Faith 47
Chap. III. — The Apostolic Deposit of Revelation.
§ 16. Holy Scripture the Written Word of God 50
§ 17. Holy Scripture as a Source of Theological Knowledge 56
§ 18. The False and Self-contradictory Position of Holy Scripture in the Protestant System 58
§ 19. The Position and Functions of Holy Scripture in the Catholic System 61
§ 20. Decisions of the Church on the Text and Interpretation of Holy Scripture 63
§ 21. The Oral Apostolic Deposit— Tradition, in the Narrower Sense of the Word 66
Chap. IV. — Ecclesiastical Tradition.
§ 22. Origin and Growth of Ecclesiastical Tradition 71
§ 23. The Various Modes in which Traditional Testimony is given in the Church 73
§ 24. Documentary Tradition, the Expression of the Living Tradition 76
§ 25. Rules for demonstrating Revealed Truth from Ecclesiastical Tradition 77
§ 26. The Writings of the Fathers 79
§ 27. The Writings of Theologians 81
Chap. V. — The Rule of Faith.
§ 28. The Rule of Faith considered generally ; and also specially in its Active Sense 85
§ 29. Dogmas and Matters of Opinion 88
§ 30. Definitions and Judicial Decisions considered generally 91
§ 31. Papal Judgments and their Infallibility 94
§ 32. General Councils 97
§ 33. The Roman Congregations — Local or Particular Councils 101
§ 34. Dogmatic Censures 103
§ 35. Development of Dogma 105
§ 36. The Chief Dogmatic Documents — Creeds and Decrees 108
PART II.
THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, OR SUBJECTIVELY.
Chap. I. — Faith.
§ 37. Etymology of the various words used for Faith — The true Notion of Faith 112
§ 38. Nature of Theological Faith 115
§ 39. The Formal Object or Motive of Faith 118
§ 40. The Subject-matter of Faith 119
§ 41. The Motives of Credibility 122
§ 42. Faith and Grace 128
§ 43. Man's Co-operation in the Act of Faith — Faith a Free Act 131
§ 44. The Supreme Certitude of Faith 132
§ 45. Necessity of Faith 135
Chap. II. — Faith and Understanding.
§ 46. Doctrine of the Vatican Council on the Understanding of Faith 138
§ 47. Theological Knowledge 140
§ 48. Scientific Character of Theology 141
§ 49. The Rank of Theology among the Sciences 142
§ 50. The three great branches of Theology : Fundamental, Positive, and Speculative 143
§ 51. Relation between Reason and Faith 146
§ 52. Theology as a Sacred Science 150
§ 53. Progress of Theological Science 151
BOOK II.
GOD.
PART I.
GOD CONSIDERED AS ONE IN SUBSTANCE.
Chap. I. — Our Knowledge of God.
A. — Natural Knowledge of God.
§ 54. Natural Knowledge of God considered generally 158
§ 55. The Demonstration of the Existence of God 161
§ 56. Out Conception of the Divine Essence and the Divine Attributes 164
§ 57. Contents and Limits of our Natural Knowledge of God 168
B. — Supernatural Knowledge of God.
§ 58. Revealed Names of God 169
§ 59. The Doctrine concerning God as defined by the Church, especially in the Vatican Council 172
Chap. II. — The Essence And Attributes Of God, Considered Generally.
§ 60. Fundamental Conception of God's Essence and Nature 175
§ 61. The Perfection of the Divine Being 177
§ 62. Our Conception of the Divine Attributes — Classification 179
Chap. III. — The Negative Attributes of God.
§ 63. The Simplicity of God 182
§ 64. The Infinity of God 185
§ 65. The Immutability of God 188
§ 66. The Inconfusibility of God 191
§ 67. The Immensity of God 193
§ 68. The Eternity of God 195
§ 69. The Invisibility of God 197
§ 70. The Incomprehensibility of God 200
§ 71. The Ineffability of God 201
Chap. IV. — The Positive Attributes of God.
A. — Internal Attributes.
§ 72. The Unity of God 203
§ 73. God, the Objective Truth 204
§ 74. God, the Objective Goodness 205
§ 75. God, the Absolute Beauty 206
B. — External Attributes.
§ 76. The Omnipotence of God 208
§ 77. The Omnipresence of God 211
Chap. V. — The Divine Life.
§ 78. The Divine Life in general — Its Absolute Perfection 214
§ 79. The Divine Knowledge in general 215
§ 80. God's Knowledge of the Free Actions of His Creatures 219
§ 81. The Divine Wisdom in relation to its External Activity — The Divine Ideas 225
§82. The Nature and Attributes of the Divine Will considered generally 227
§ 83. The Absolute Freedom of God's Will 230
§ 84. The Affections (Affectus) of the Divine Will, especially Love 233
§ 85. The Moral Perfection of the Divine Will 238
§ 86. The Justice of God 241
§ 87. God's Mercy and Veracity 246
§ 88. Efficacy of the Divine Will — Its Dominion over Created Wills 248
§ 89. The Divine Will as Living Goodness and Holiness — God the Substantial Holiness 253
§ 90. The Beatitude and Glory of the Divine Life 254
PART II.
THE DIVINE TRINITY.
Chap. I. — The Dogma.
§ 91. The Dogma of the Trinity as formulated by the Church 259
Chap. II. — The Trinity in Scripture.
§ 92. The Trinity in the New Testament 265
§ 93. The Doctrine of the New Testament on God the Son 269
§ 94. The Doctrine of the New Testament on the Holy Ghost 277
§ 95. The Doctrine of the Old Testament on the Trinity 283
Chap. III. — The Trinity in Tradition.
§ 96. The Ante-Nicene Tradition on the Divine Trinity and Unity 287
§ 97. The Consubstantiality of the Son defined by the Council of Nicsea 290
§ 98. The Tradition of East and West on the Consubstantiality of the Holy Ghost with the Father and the Son 294
§ 99. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Divine Hypostases and Persons — Definition of Hypostasis and Person as applied to God 308
§ 100. The Distinction of the Divine Persons in particular, and their Distinctive Marks 312
Chap. IV. — The Evolution of the Trinity from the Fecundity of the Divine Life.
§ 101. The Origins in God resulting from the Fecundity of the Divine Life as Absolute Wisdom 316
§ 102. The Productions in God are True Productions of an Inner Manifestation (1) of the Divine Knowledge through Word and Image ; and (2) of the Divine Love through Aspiration, Pledge, and Gift 320
§ 103. The Perfect Immanence of the Divine Productions ; the Substantiality of their Products as Internal Expression of the Substantial Truth and Internal Effusion of the Substantial Sanctity 323
§ 104. The Divine Productions as Communications of Essence and Nature ; the Divine Products as Hypostases or Persons 325
§ 105. The Special Names of the Divine Productions as Communications of Life in analogy with Generation and Spiration in the Animal Kingdom — The Personal Names Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — The Economy (olicovofila) of the Divine Persons 331
§ 106. Complete Unity of the Produced Persons with their Principle, resulting from their Immanent Origin : Similarity, Equality, Identity, Inseparability, and Co-inherence {xepixvpyvis) 336
§ 107. The Appropriation of the Common Names, Attributes, and Operations to Particular Persons 340
§ 108. The Temporal Mission of the Divine Persons 343
§ 109. The Trinity a Mystery but not a Contradiction 349
§ 110. The Position and Importance of the Mystery of the Trinity in Revelation 351
BOOK III.
CREATION AND THE SUPERNATURAL ORDER.
PART I.
CREATION.
Chap. I. — The Universe Created by God.
§ 111. The Origin of all Things by Creation out of Nothing 358
§ 112. Simultaneous Beginning of the World and of Time 361
§ 113. God the Conservator of all Things 363
§ 114. God the Principle of all Created Action 365
Chap. II. — The Universe Created for God.
§ 115. Essential Relation of Creatures to God as the Final Object of their Being, Activity, and Tendencies 369
§ 116. The Providence of God 372
§ 117. The World the Realization of the Divine Ideal 374
Chap. III. — The Angels.
§ 118. The Nature, Existence, and Origin of the Angels 376
§ 119. Attributes of the Angels — Incorruptibility and Relation to Space 378
§ 120. The Natural Life and Work of the Angels 379
§ 121. Number and Hierarchy of the Angels 382
Chap. IV. — The Material Universe.
§ 122. Theological Doctrines concerning the Material World generally 383
§ 123. The Doctrinal Portions of the Mosaic Hexahemeron 384
Chap. V. — Man.
§ 124. Interpretation of Gen. i. 26: "Let Us make man to Our image and likeness " 389
§ 125. Man the Image of God 392
§ 126. The Likeness to God in Man and Woman 395
§ 127. Essential Constitution of Man 397
§ 128. Production of the First Woman — The Essence of Marriage 400
§ 129. Reproduction of Human Nature 404
§ 130. Descent of all Mankind from One Pair of Progenitors, and the consequent Unity of the Human Race 410
§ 131. Division and Order of the Vital Forces in Man 412
§ 132. The Spiritual Side of Human Nature 413
§ 133. The Animal Side of Human Nature 418
§ 134. Natural Imperfections, or the Animal Character of the Spiritual Life (ratio inferior) in Man, and its Consequences 421
§ 135. Natural Destiny of Rational Creatures — Their Position in the Universe 425
PART II.
THE SUPERNATURAL ORDER.
Chap. I. — General Theory of the Supernatural and of Grace.
§ 136. Notion of the Supernatural and of Supernature 430
§ 137. General Notion of Divine Grace 434
§ 138. The Chief Errors concerning the Supernatural 437
Chap. II. — Theory of the Absolutely Supernatural.
§ 139. Doctrine of Holy Scripture on the Supernatural Communion with God, considered especially as Communion by Adoptive Sonship 443
§ 140. The Teaching of Tradition on Supernatural Union with God: especially on the "Deification" of the Creature 452
§ 141. Eternal Life in the Beatific Vision 456
§ 142. The Supernatural in our Life on Earth (in statu via) 459
§ 143. The Elevating Grace necessary for Salutary Acts 463
§ 144. Elevating Grace considered as a Supernatural Habit of the Mental Faculties — The Theological Virtues 465
§ 145. The State of Grace the Nobility of the Children of God 468
§ 146. The State of Grace (continued)— The Holy Ghost the Substantial Complement of Accidental Grace 472
§ 147. The State of Grace (concluded) — Its Character of New Creation — Grace and Free Will 479
§ 148. Relation of Nature and Natural Free Will to Grace — The "Obediential" Faculty — The Absolute Gratuity of Grace 483
§ 149. Relation of Nature to Grace (continued) — The Process by which Nature is raised to the State of Grace 486
§ 150. Nature's Vocation to Grace by a Law of the Creator 490
§ 151. Function of the Supernatural Order in the Divine Plan of the Universe 493
Chap. III. — Theory of the Relatively Supernatural.
§ 152. The Supernatural Endowment of Man's Nature as distinct from the Angels 496
Chap. IV. — Concrete Realization of the Supernatural Order.
§ 153. The Supernatural in the Angelic World 501
§ 154. The Supernatural in Mankind 505
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