TI Seminar – St Thomas Aquinas on the New Law – Fr Anton ten Klooster
4th November: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm GMT
On Tuesday 4th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Anton ten Klooster, of Tilburg University, who will be delivering a seminar on St Thomas Aquinas on the New Law.
Spaces are limited for this seminar. For more information or to reserve a place, contact Br Reginald Herbert OP.
Abstract
In this seminar, we will explore the notion of the ‘new law’ in the theology of Thomas Aquinas. As Servais Pinckaers observed, the term has made a come-back in moral theology. A prominent example is the discussion of the new law in John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor (nrs. 23-24). In this seminar we explore what is at stake in the discussion of the new law, and what the key features of Aquinas’s teaching on this law are: what makes it new, what makes it a law, and what does this law command? We will draw from his commentary on the gospel of Matthew, and the discussion of the new law in the Summa Theologiae. Together, we will read the article in which Aquinas makes the claim that “before all else the New Law is the very grace of the Holy Spirit, given to those who believe in Christ”.
Literature
Servais Pinckaers, ‘The Return of the New Law to Moral Theology’
Thomas Aquinas, S. Th. Ia IIae, q, 106 a. 1: ‘is the new law a written law, or an inward one?’
Structure of the workshop
| General introduction | The ‘new law’ in the Catechism and Veritatis Splendor What is ‘new’ about it, and what makes it ‘law’? |
| Discussion of Pinckaers | What is at stake in the discussion of the new law? |
| Aquinas on the new law | Discussion of old and new law in the commentary on Matthew Place of the new law in treatise on law Core features of Aquinas’ teaching on the new law |
| Text reading | Aquinas: ‘is the new law a written law or an inward one?’ |
About the speaker
Fr Anton is an assistant professor of theology at Tilburg University. His primary focus is on fundamental moral theology. He is currently working on a book on the development of moral teaching (e.g. How did the Church come to oppose slavery, and how can we then hold a continuity in teaching?). He studied theology in Utrecht and Fribourg, and did part of the doctoral research as a visiting scholar at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In 2018, he was awarded the doctoral degree cum laude for “Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes”. The dissertation was awarded the international “Veritas et Amor” award by the Circolo San Tommaso. He has been published in journals such as Nova et Vetera, Angelicum, Journal of Moral Theology, and Incontri.
Venue: Blackfriars -
St Giles
Oxford,
OX1 3LY
United Kingdom
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Contact:
Thomistic Institute (Oxford Chapter)
reginald.herbert@english.op.org
https://www.blackfriars.org.uk/community-life/groups/thomistic-institute/