Vas electionis: The Apostle Paul in the Thomas Aquinas’commentary on the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

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  • Elisabeth Reinhardt Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona Facultad de Teologia

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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2016.023

Keywords

Thomas Aquinas, commentary on Romans, personality of Saint Paul, modes of biblical interpretation

Abstract

The article focuses on various texts of Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans: on the one hand, the prologue, which concerns the whole Corpus Paulinum and contains a portrait of the Apostle based on the biblical metaphor vas electionis; on the other hand, the commentary of Aquinas on some parts of Romans where Paul speaks about himself referring to his own life and mission. Both types of texts differ in their literary genre and modes of biblical interpretation, but coincide in presenting the personality of Paul: in the prologue, as the portrait of a saint, whereas the commentary of the selected texts points to Paul’s life on earth with his virtues in fieri, which in the prologue are shown as perfectly achieved.

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2017-02-10

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REINHARDT, Elisabeth. Vas electionis: The Apostle Paul in the Thomas Aquinas’commentary on the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans. Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Online. 10 February 2017. Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 95-117. [Accessed 20 April 2026]. DOI 10.12775/BPTh.2016.023.

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2016): Biblical Thomism II

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