On Ecclesiology

Sacrae Theologiae Summa: The Church of Christ; Holy Scripture, Volume I, Part II by Joachim Salaverri and Michaele Nicolau is a scholastic manual in fundamental theology that treats the nature of the Church and the doctrine of Sacred Scripture. It situates the Church as...

Theological Lectures: Sacred Scripture and Tradition; On the Analogy of Reason and Faith, Volume IX by Giovanni Perrone is a scholastic treatise in fundamental theology that examines the sources of divine revelation and their relationship to human reason. It focuses on Sacred Scripture and...

Theological Lectures: The Church and the Roman Pontiff, Volume VIII by Giovanni Perrone is a scholastic treatise in ecclesiology and fundamental theology that examines the nature, constitution, and authority of the Church. It situates the Church as a visible, divinely instituted society founded by...

On the Church: Historical-Dogmatic Treatises, Volume II by Hermann Dieckmann is a scholastic treatise in ecclesiology that examines the nature, properties, and authority of the Church. Building upon the foundations established in the first volume, it develops a systematic account of the Church's constitution,...

On the Church: Historical-Dogmatic Treatises, Volume I by Hermann Dieckmann is a scholastic treatise in ecclesiology that examines the historical and theological foundations of the Church. Beginning with the biblical doctrine of the Kingdom of God, it traces how Christ's preaching and mission prepared...

On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith, Volume II by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange is a Thomistic continuation of his study of divine revelation, focusing on the Church as the guardian, interpreter, and teacher of revealed truth. It examines the means by which revelation...

On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith, Volume I by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange is a Thomistic treatise in fundamental theology that examines divine revelation as the foundation of the Catholic faith. It explores how God communicates supernatural truths to humanity and how these...

A Theological Miscellany on the Church of Christ by Thomas of Corvinia is a concise theological manual that surveys a wide range of topics concerning the Church, her doctrine, and her divine constitution. Rather than focusing on a single question, the work gathers numerous...

Commentary on the Prerogatives of Blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles by Carlo Passaglia is a scholastic and biblical study of the apostle Peter and the special authority entrusted to him by Christ. Drawing upon Scripture, the Church Fathers, and theological reasoning, Passaglia examines...

Special Treatises on Controversies of Faith, Volume II by Adrian and Peter van Walenburch is the concluding volume of their collected Tractatus Speciales, containing fourteen treatises that address specific doctrinal questions disputed between Catholics and Protestants. Drawing on Sacred Scripture, the Fathers of the...

Special Treatises on Controversies of Faith, Volume I by Adrian and Peter van Walenburch is the first volume of their collected Tractatus Speciales, establishing the fundamental principles underlying all Catholic-Protestant controversy. Drawing on Sacred Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, and ecclesiastical Tradition, it...

Juan de Torquemada’s Summa de Ecclesia is a scholastic treatise that sets out a systematic account of the Church’s nature, structure, and authority. It presents the Church as a visible, hierarchical society founded by Christ, and explains the foundations of ecclesiastical power. A central...

This eleventh volume of Suárez’s Complete Works presents his treatise De Fide (On Faith), a systematic scholastic analysis of theological faith as the foundation of the Christian life and the act by which the intellect assents to divine revelation. The work begins by defining...

This seventh volume gathers Suárez’s Defensio Fidei Catholicae (Defense of the Catholic Faith), a major scholastic and political-theological work written in response to early modern challenges to Catholic doctrine and ecclesiastical authority. It reflects Suárez’s mature synthesis of metaphysics, theology, and political philosophy. The...

This second volume of Bellarmine’s Controversies of the Christian Faith offers a systematic defense of Catholic ecclesiology within the context of post-Reformation theological debate. Written in a highly structured scholastic and polemical style, it articulates the nature, structure, and unity of the Church as...