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Jean Pierre Torrell

Jean-Pierre Torrell, born in 1927 , is a Dominican French , theologian and expert on the work of Thomas Aquinas.

Biography

Jean-Pierre Torrell received his doctorate in theology at the Dominican Faculties Saulchoir of Paris. He then specialized in medieval studies at the University of Montreal. He has taught fundamental theology and ecclesiology in the Dominican Studium Toulouse , then at the Pontifical Gregorian University ( Rome ) and St. Michael's College in Toronto before being appointed professor of ecclesiology and Christology in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg ( Switzerland ).

Former member of the Leonine Commission for the critical edition of the work of Thomas Aquinas, Jean-Pierre Torrell is one of the most renowned specialists. He has published extensively on this work, in particular the Summa Theologica , which he translated, annotated, annotated, analyzed. He has also published several volumes of excerpts by themes of reflection. He is the author of the Encyclopedia: Jesus Christ St. Thomas Aquinas to Editions du Cerf.

Selected Publications

Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas: His personality and his work, Cerf, 1993
St. Thomas Aquinas, Spiritual Teacher: Drafting 2, Cerf, 1996
The "Sum of Theology" of St. Thomas Aquinas, Cerf, 1998
God, who art thou? A man and his God, Cerf, 1999
Word and voice: Meditations - From Advent to Pentecost, Cerf, 2007
Needless holiness? The man in the mirror of God, Cerf, 2007
Catholic Theology, Cerf, 2008
Here is the favorable moment: Meditations for Ordinary Time, Cerf, 2008
Splendour of the saints: God and Christ in the choir of the blessed - Meditations, Cerf, 2008
Theology and spirituality, followed by Confessions of a Thomist, Cerf, 2009