Saint Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on the Sentences

Book IV, Distinctions 1–50

Translated by

Beth Mortensen, std

Peter Kwasniewski, phd

Rev. Dylan Schrader, ma, mdiv

Commentary on the Sentences

Volume 7–10

Latin/English Edition of the Works of St. Thomas Aquinas

This printing was funded in part by donations made in memory of:

Marcus Berquist, Rose Johanna Trumbull, John and Mary Deignan,

Thomas and Eleanor Sullivan, Ann C. Arcidi, and Fr. John T. Feeney and his sister Mary

This printing was also made possible by donations from Kevin Bergdorf, Patricia Lynch, Josh and Holly Harnisch, and by donations made in honor of the Studentate Community of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great, USA, Fr. Brian McMaster, Dr. Brian Cutter, and in gratitude to the Very Rev. Romanus Cessario, op, stm

Published with the ecclesiastical approval of

The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, dd, jcl

Bishop of Green Bay

Given on July 16, 2017

Copyright © 2018

Aquinas Institute, Inc.

Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thomas Aquinas, St., 1225–1274

Volume 7:

Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book I, Distinctions 1–21 / Saint Thomas Aquinas; edited by The Aquinas Institute;

translated by Beth Mortensen, std

Volume 8:

Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book IV, Distinctions 14–25 / Saint Thomas Aquinas; edited by The Aquinas Institute;

translated by Beth Mortensen, std

Volume 9:

Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book IV, Distinctions 26–42 / Saint Thomas Aquinas; edited by The Aquinas Institute;

translated by Beth Mortensen, std

Volume 10:

Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book IV, Distinctions 43–50 / Saint Thomas Aquinas; edited by The Aquinas Institute;

translated by Beth Mortensen, std, Peter Kwasniewski, phd, and Dylan Schrader, ma, mdiv.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-62340-238-9 (Volume 7)

ISBN 978-1-62340-239-6 (Volume 8)

ISBN 978-1-62340-240-2 (Volume 9)

ISBN 978-1-62340-241-9 (Volume 10)

1. Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, ca. 1100-1160. Sententiarum libri IV--Liber 4. 2. Catholic Church -- Doctrines. 3. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 4. Theology, Doctrinal --History --Middle Ages, 600-1500. I. Title. II. Series

BX1749.T512 2015

230’.2--dc23

2017937985

Notes on the Text

English Translation of St. Thomas

The English translation of the Commentary on the Sentences in this volume was prepared by Beth Mortensen, std. It has been edited and annotated by Michael Bolin, phd, Jeremy Holmes, phd, and Peter Kwasniewski, phd. Translations of the Sentences of Peter Lombard are taken from The Sentences, Book 4: On the Doctrine of Signs, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2009, translated by Giulio Silano. Used with permission.

This translation of the Commentary on the Sentences, Book IV, has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed ...