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Theologians to Read

General index of theologians to read more about.

Particular Fields of Theology

Fathers

  • Tertulian
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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. 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
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