Ab intus legere Scripturam. The Role of Understanding (intellectus) in the Biblical Exegesis of Thomas Aquinas

Authors

  • Michał Zembrzuski Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2016.026

Keywords

Thomas Aquinas, intellect, gift of the intellect, contemplation, Biblical Thomism

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show the intellectual character of biblical exegesis of Thomas Aquinas. The problem is presented from the perspective of the gift of understanding (donum intellectus), contemplation and issues of the word of the heart (verbum cordis). Thomas’s exegesis is not intellectualistic (erudite) or existential and it is not only based on the division of the biblical text. His exegesis originates from a deep reading of reality (a serious practice of metaphysics), the knowledge of the tradition, especially the Fathers of the Church, as well as religious life, whose cause is God (natural and supernatural efficiency).

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2017-02-10

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ZEMBRZUSKI, Michał. Ab intus legere Scripturam. The Role of Understanding (intellectus) in the Biblical Exegesis of Thomas Aquinas. Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Online. 10 February 2017. Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 149-159. [Accessed 13 June 2026]. DOI 10.12775/BPTh.2016.026.

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

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