Antropology and theology in Saint Thomas’s notion of sacrifice

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  • EDIPUCRS Periódicos Instituto São Boaventura de Brasília

Keywords:

Sacrifice. Theology. Anthropology. Religion.

Abstract

Through brief and at the same time careful examination of the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, this article aims to highlight how the author, when dealing with the notion of sacrifice in various parts of the work, allows working out an in-depth, giving a focus not only theological, but also anthropological. Showing the close relationship of these two aspects, it is proposed to draw the reflection the nexus between the deep human attitude in offering sacrifice to God and the one sacrifice of Christ, as perfect human expression of communion with God, accomplished once and for all and without ceasing celebrated in the Eucharist.

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Author Biography

EDIPUCRS Periódicos, Instituto São Boaventura de Brasília

Mestre em Teologia (antropologia teológica) pelo Institut d’Études Théologiques de Bruxelas, da Companhia de Jesus. Doutorando em Teologia com especialização em Teologia do Matrimônio e da Família, no Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II per Studi su Matrimonio e Famiglia, junto à Pontificia Università Lateranense; Assessor para Comissão E. P. para a Vida e a Família da CNBB e professor de teologia no Instituto São Boaventura de Brasília – OFMConv.

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Theology Makes Way