Initiation and Mystagogy in Thomas Aquinas: Scriptural, Systematic, Sacramental and Moral, and Pastoral Perspectives

On what grounds could Aquinas’s interpretation of Isaiah be called

mystagogical? How does he account for growth in faith? What is Aquinas’s

conception of teaching? What does he say on the mystagogy of the Holy

Spirit? Can Aquinas help us understand the concept of sensus

fidei? What is the relationship between Aquinas and Pseudo-Dionysius

concerning mystical theology? How about baptism? How about moral

transformation? What can we say about the preaching of Aquinas? These

and other questions were discussed at the sixth international conference

of the Thomas Instituut te Utrecht (Tilburg University), held in

December 2018 in Utrecht. The conference was devoted to the theme of

Initiation and Mystagogy in Thomas Aquinas, a surprising and

challenging theme. A number of studies presented at this conference are

gathered together here in this volume. The essays address a wide array

of subjects and attest to a variety of perspectives, because of which

the volume is divided into four parts: (I) Scriptural, (II) Systematic,

(III) Sacramental and Moral, and (IV) Pastoral perspectives.