The Immaculate Conception
Subtitle: Women of Faith Series, Vol. 7
Publisher: Revelation Insight
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Orlando, Fla.
Format: E-Book
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781936392605
Description: Thomas, merely gave his real doctrine and opinion concerning the Immaculate Conception. However, now a favorable opportunity was offered to contribute in loving gratitude to the greater honor and glory of Mary Immaculate and of her glorious defender, D. Scotus, by presenting his doctrine concerning Mary's Immaculate Conception. Now of the three greatest scholastic Doctors, to include Bonaventure, Scotus alone gives Mary the full glory of a real and complete Immaculate Conception. In comparing the three Doctors, those portions of their works will chiefly be used which “ex professo” state and explain their position and opinion regarding this doctrine and other doctrines closely connected with it, for instance, original justice, original sin, conception, sanctification, redemption. As the Summa Theologica of Thomas is both his principal and last work, and the question of the Immaculate Conception is treated by him in the last part of his Summa, it will give us the real and last word of Thomas regarding this doctrine. Now if in previous works Thomas Aquinas, when not treating professedly of this question, has expressions from which a different view could be inferred, as is also the case with Bonaventure, it must be stated, that either these passages do not really prove the Immaculate Conception of Mary, or that Thomas, when treating this question as a Theologian, "ex professo," changed or corrected his former opinion.