A Full Recovery of Our Scholastic Tradition

Over 100 years ago, Pope Leo XIII called on Catholic intellectuals to rally and recover the wonderful treasure of our medieval schools. At the time, St Thomas Aquinas was the ready made answer to his clarion- he was precise, clear and systematically applicable. Some at the time and since have taken this to mean St Thomas is all that need be retrieved, yet here we will be making the case that this is not only lamentable, as it ignores the other giants of the period, but also possibly dangerous. From Ss Anselm and Bonaventure, to Thomas and Scotus, we want to see the rich heritage of the philosophical and theological insights these men gifted us restored to their place of eminence and prominence within the wider Catholic conversation.