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Lex nova non onerat: Understanding the beatitudes as 'law' in Thomas Aquinas
ten Klooster,Anton
ten Klooster,Anton
Abstract
The beatitudes as they’ve come to us in the Gospel of Matthew play an important role in the life of the Church and in the literary and theological traditions of the West in particular. In this contribution in honor of the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Thomas Aquinas, I would like to briefly recall this rich tradition and further reflect on one perspective that remains underdeveloped: the understanding of the beatitudes in relation to the treatise on law on the Summa Theologiae.
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2025-09
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Thomas Aquinas, beatitudes, moral theology
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ten Klooster, A 2025, 'Lex nova non onerat : Understanding the beatitudes as 'law' in Thomas Aquinas', Divinitas: Rivista internazionale di ricerca e di critica teologica , vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 89-98.