Liturgical Preaching and the Summa theologiae

Abstract

N THE SECOND HALF of the sixteenth century, in the wake of decrees of the Council of Trent calling for more frequent preaching by bishops and parish priests, a new type of exegetical tool was developed for pastors who sought to draw on the theological insights of St. Thomas Aquinas in their preaching. While the Tridentine call for a renewal of preaching and the production of exegetical tools for preachers were rooted in pastoral currents dating back to the thirteenth