====== Theologians to Read ======

General index of theologians to read more about.

====== Particular Fields of Theology ======

  * [[:books:theology|Theology Index]]
  * [[:books:theology:scripture|Scripture]]
  * [[:books:theology:dogmatic|Dogmatic]]
  * [[:books:theology:liturgical|Liturgical]]
  * [[:books:theology:moral|Moral]]
  * [[:books:theology:spirituality|Spirituality]]
  * [[:books:theology:primary-sources|Primary Sources]]
  * [[:books:theology:theologians|Theologians to Read]]
  * [[:books:theology:abbreviations|Abbreviations]]


====== Fathers ======

  * Tertulian
      * [[https://www.tertullian.org/|https://www.tertullian.org/]]
  * Ireneaus
  * Justin Martyr
  * Origen
      * Commentary on the Gospel of John
  * Augustine
  * Jerome
  * John Damascene
      * An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (De Fide Orthodoxa)
  * Athanasus
  * Ambros
  * Basil
  * Gregory Nysaa
  * Gregory Nazianzus
  * Maximus the Confessor
  * Cyril of Alexandria
  * Clement of Alexandria
      * The Instructor (Paedogus)
  * Eusebius
  * Leo the Great
      * CCLS 138, 138 A, 159
      * PL 54 - 56
        * [[http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01_01_0440-0461-_Leo_I,_Magnus,_Sanctus.html|http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01_01_0440-0461-_Leo_I,_Magnus,_Sanctus.html]]
      * Sermons in Fathers of the Church Series (CUA)
      * Letters in Fathers of the Church Series (CUA)
      * [[https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf212/|NPNF-2 12]]
  * Pseudo-Dionysius
      * Luibhéid, Colm, and Paul Rorem. 1987. //Pseudo-Dionysius: the complete works//. New York: Paulist Press.


====== Medieval ======

  * Aquinas
  * Bonaventure
      * Philosophy of Bonaventure by Etienne Gilson
  * Lombard
  * Albert the Great
  * Scotus
  * Anselm
  * Gregory Palamas

===== Thomism =====

  * John of St. Thomas. 1600s. [[https://archive.org/details/CursusPhilosophicusThomisticus/Cursus philosophicus Thomisticus (t. 1): Logica/|Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus.]] (CP) 3 vols.

      * Poinsot, J. 1930–1937. //Cursus philosophicus thomisticus (CP)//, ed. B. Reiser. Turin: Marietti.
      * //Ars logica//  (Log), vol. 1.
      * //Philosophia naturalis (Phil. Nat.), partes I–III//, vol. 2.
      * //Philosophia naturalis (Phil. Nat.), pars IV//, vol. 3.
  * John of St. Thomas. 1600s. [[https://archive.org/details/CursusTheologicus/Cursus theologicus (t. 1): Iᵃ q. 1, De sacra doctrina/|Cursus Theologicus.]] (CT), 8 vols.
  * Francisco Suárez
  * Thomas Cajetan
  * Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange


====== Contemperary ======

  * Congar
  * De Lubac
  * Hans Urs von Balthasar
      * To understand Balthasar you also need to read Fichte and Hegel, since he is often responding to them.
      * Writings:
        * Three Part Series:
          * Glory of the Lord (7 vols):
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2009. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics I: Seeing the Form//. Second Edition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1984. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics II: Studies in Theological Style: Clerical Styles//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1986. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics III: Studies in Theological Style: Lay Styles//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1989. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics IV: The Realm of Metaphysics in Antiquity//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1991. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics V: The Realm of Metaphysics in the Modern Age//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1991. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics VI: Theology: The Old Covenant//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1990. //The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics VII: Theology: The New Covenant//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Theo-Drama (5 vols):
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1989. //Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory I: Prolegomena//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1990. //Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory II: Dramatis Personae: Man in God//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1992. //Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory III: Dramatis Personae: Persons in Christ//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1994. //Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory IV: The Action//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1998. //Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory V: The Last Act//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Theo-Logic (3 vols):
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2001. //Theo-Logic I: The Truth of the World. //San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2004. //Theo-Logic II: Truth of God. //San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
            * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2005. //Theo-Logic III: The Spirit of the Truth. //San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2005. //Epilogue. //San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
        * Explorations in Theology (5 vols):
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1989. //Explorations in Theology. I: The Word Made Flesh//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1991. //Explorations in Theology. II: Spouse of the Word//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1993. //Explorations in Theology. III: Creator Spirit//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1995. //Explorations in Theology. IV: Spirit and Institution//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
          * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2014.// Explorations in Theology. V: Man Is Created//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
        * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 1979. //Heart of the World//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
        * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2004.// Love Alone Is Credible//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
        * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2012. //Life out of Death: Meditations on the Paschal Mystery//. San Francisco: Ignatiuis Press.
        * Balthasar, Hans Urs von. 2014. //Dare We Hope “That All Men Be Saved”?: With A Short Discourse on Hell//. Second edition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
      * Studies:
        * Ciraulo, Jonathan Martin. 2022. //The Eucharistic Form of God: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Sacramental Theology//. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
        * Healy, Nicholas J. 2005. //The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar: Being as Communion//. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
        * McInerny, Brendan. 2020. //The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar: An Introduction//. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
        * Nichols, Aidan. 1998. //The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide through Balthasar's Aesthetics//. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
        * Nichols, Aidan. 2000. //No Bloodless Myth: A Guide through Balthasar's Dramatics//. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
        * Nichols, Aidan. 2001. //Say it is Pentecost: a Guide Through Balthasars Logic//. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
        * Nichols, Aidan. 2011. //A Key to Balthasar: Hans Urs von Balthasar on Beauty, Goodness and Truth//. London: Darton, Longman & Todd.
        * ​O’Regan, Cyril. 2014. //The Anatomy of Misremembering: Von Balthasar’s Response to Philosophical Modernity//. Chestnut Ridge, NY: Crossroad Pub.
  * Ladaria
  * Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
      * Neo-Thomism
  * Sergei Bulgakov
  * Chenu