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Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Biblical Interpreters: “I Call You Friends” (John 15:15)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Mary Margaret Pazdan OP
Mary Margaret Pazdan OP*
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Biblical Studies Department, Aquinas Institute of Theology, St Louis, MO, USA
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New Blackfriars , Volume 86 , Issue 1005 , September 2005 , pp. 465 - 477
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1 The Pontifical Biblical Commission presented the document to Pope John Paul II on April 23, 1993. It was published in Origins 23.29 (January 6, 1994): 497–524. It is abbreviated IBC in later references. For a complete of Catholic documents about Scripture, see Béchard, Dean P., ed. and trans., The Scripture Documents: An Anthropology of Official Catholic Teachings(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002)Google Scholar.

2 D. J. Kennedy, “Thomas Aquinas,” Jacques Maritain Center: CE‐Aquinas at http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain.

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8 Reyero cited in O’Meara, 71.

9 IBC, Introduction, B., footnote 1.

10 IBC, Introduction, B., footnote 1.

11 IBC, II. A. 1. 2; B.1.2. 3.

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14 IBC, II. A.

15 IBC, I. A. and D.

16 IBC, I. B. 1. 2. 3.

17 IBC, I. E. 1. 2.

18 IBC, I. A.

19 IBC, II. B. 2.

20 IBC, IV. C. 1–4.

21 IBC, II. B. 3.

22 IBC, IV. A.

23 IBC, IV. B.

24 IBC, IV. B.

25 IBC, IV. B.

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28 Ceslaus Spicq (quoted in Elders, p. 6) observes that Thomas’ determination for finding the literal meaning of a text as well as his explanations is remarkable and accurate among all medieval exegetes.

29 Mary Margaret Pazdan, “I Call You Friends (John 15): Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Biblical Interpreters,” lecture for St. Thomas Aquinas Symposium, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, January 28, 2002.

30 Weisheipl, James A. (“The Johannine Commentary of Friar Thomas,”Church History 4, 1976, 191Google Scholar) notes that the second phrase of the verse is entirely missing and the final phrase ought to be translated as “his train filled the temple.”

31 CGJ. 8.

32 E.g., Brown, Raymond E., A Retreat with John the Evangelist: That You May Have Life (Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1998)Google Scholar; Dumm, Demetrius R., A Mystical Portrait of Jesus: New Perspectives on John's Gospel(Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001)Google Scholar; Painter, John R., Culpepper, R. Alan and Segovia, Fernando F., eds. Word, Theology and Community in John(St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2002)Google Scholar Pazdan, Mary Margaret, Becoming God's Beloved in the Company of Friends: A Spirituality of John's Gospel(Canfield, OH: Alba House Communications, 2003)Google Scholar <7 CDs/5 audiocassettes>; Schneiders, Sandra M., Written That You May Believe: Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel(2nd ed.; New York: Herder and Herder, 2003)Google Scholar.

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35 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1, 1978.

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38 Ibid., 1990. The italicized print represents the bold print of the Commentary here and in all citations.

39 Brown, The Gospel of John: XIII–XXI, AB 29a.

40 Brown, 1982.

41 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1979.

42 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1987.

43 NRSV translation is cited for all Johannine quotations.

44 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1992.

45 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1993.

46 CGJ, Part II, 15, 1995.

47 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2010.

48 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2009.

49 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2009.

50 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2011.

51 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2016.

52 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2017.

53 CGJ, Part II, 15, 2018. The citation is attributed to Greg. Hom. xxvii in St.Aquinas, Thomas, Catena Aurea, volume IV, Part II, St. John (Albany, New York: Preserving Christian Publications, Inc., 1995), 486Google Scholar. The identity of Gregory is unclear.

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