The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II's Anthropology

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Aquinas and the Theology
of the Body
thomistic ressourcement series
Volume 7
series editors
Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary
Thomas Joseph White, OP, Dominican House of Studies
editorial board
Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Lawrence Dewan, OP, Dominican College of Ottawa
Gilles Emery, OP, University of Fribourg
Reinhard Hütter, Duke University
Bruce Marshall, Southern Methodist University
Emmanuel Perrier, OP, Dominican Studium, Toulouse
Richard Schenk, OP, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Kevin White, The Catholic University of America
Aquinas and th e
Theology of the Body
The Thomistic Foundations of
John Paul II’s Anthropology
Thomas Petri, OP
The Catholic University of America Press
Washington, D.C.
Copyright © 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Petri, Thomas
Title: Aquinas and the theology of the body : the Thomistic foundations
of John Paul II’s anthropology / Thomas Petri, OP.
Description: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 2016. |
Series: Thomistic ressourcement series ; Volume 7 | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015048888 | ISBN 9780813228471 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Human body—Religious aspects—Catholic Church. |
John PaulII, Pope, 1920–2005. Theology of the body. | Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,
1225?–1274. | Sex—Religious aspects—Catholic Church. |
Theological anthropology—Catholic Church.
Classification: LCC BX1795.B63 P48 2016 | DDC 233/.5—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015048888
Nihil Obstat:
Reverend Christopher Begg, STD, PhD
Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur:
Most Reverend Barry C. Knestout
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Archdiocese of Washington
March 26, 2015
The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or
pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. There is no implication that those
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Nihil Obstat:
Reverend John Corbett, OP, STL, PhD
Censor Deputatus
Imprimi Potest:
Very Reverend Kenneth Letoile, OP, STL
Prior Provincial
Dominican Province of Saint Joseph
April 8, 2015
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opinions, or statements expressed therein.
In loving memory of my parents, Jack and
Mary. Dedicated to my Dominican brethren
with fraternal affection and gratitude

Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1. From Thomas Aquinas to the Manualists 11
2. Personalism and the Debate on Marriage
and Contraception 45
3. The Moral Theology of Karol Wojtyła 92
4. Karol Wojtyła’s Ethics of Sexuality 127
5. The Spousal Meaning of the Body in Theology
of the Body 162
6. The Anthropology of Thomas Aquinas 198
7. The Movement of Love in the Summa Theologiae 235
8. Marriage and the Conjugal Act according to
Thomas Aquinas 273
Conclusion 309
Bibliography 315
Index 331
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Abbreviations
AAS Acta Apostolicae Sedis
AS Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii
Oecumenici Vaticani II
CC Casti Connubii (encyclical of Pope Pius XI)
FC Familiaris Consortio (apostolic exhortation of
Pope John Paul II)
GS Gaudium et Spes (document of Second
Vatican Council)
HV Humanae Vitae (encyclical of Pope Paul VI)
MD Mulieris Dignitatem (apostolic letter of Pope
John Paul II)
PG Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca, ed.
Migne
PL Patrologiae cursus completus. Series latina, ed.
Migne
SCG Summa contra Gentiles (Thomas Aquinas)
ST Summa Theologiae (Thomas Aquinas)
TOB Theology of the Body (Pope John Paul II)
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