Contenson and the Passion of Christ

by Matthew Gaetano I’m continuing the series on Contenson’s seventeenth-century Thomist meditations on Christ’s Passion. Part 1 is here. Speculation 1: The Fourfold Excess in the Passion of Christ: Of Sadness, Dejection, Pain, and Love The human race labors in a threefold disease: the lust (concupiscentia) of the eyes, that is, vain pleasure; the pride… Read More Contenson and the Passion of Christ

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Baroque Thomism and the Passion of Christ

by Matthew Gaetano As we anticipate Holy Week, I thought that it might be of some interest to present Vincent Contenson’s (1641-1674) remarks on the Passion and Death of Christ from his Theology of the Mind and the Heart. Despite his death at the early age of 33, Contenson was a famous Dominican preacher, Thomist… Read More Baroque Thomism and the Passion of Christ

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Contenson and the Passion of Christ

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