Scripture Commentary by St. Thomas Aquinas

While St. Thomas Aquinas is well known for his Summa Theologiae, most people don't realize that he actually wrote even more extensively on Scripture. As far as I know, this is all that is available on the internet. If anyone knows of any other commentaries by Aquinas that are online, PLEASE leave a comment and let me know. It is a shame that more of his works on Scripture have not been translated and/or made available on the internet.

Before you begin reading his commentaries, it would be helpful to know how Aquinas understands and interprets Scripture. I suggest the following articles:

• St. Thomas Aquinas and Sacred Scripture
• St. Thomas' Method of Biblical Exegesis

Here are his commentaries:

• Catena Aurea (an arrangement of quotations from the early Church fathers into a verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospels): Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
• Psalms (also here)
• Job (also here as a Word doc)
• Lamentations
• Gospel of John
• Romans
• First Corinthians (also here)
• Second Corinthians (also here)
• Ephesians (also here)
• Colossians (also here)
• Hebrews (also here: Part 1 and Part 2)
• Galatians
• Philippians
• 1 Thessalonians
• Philemon

Also see the Index of Scripture References in the Summa Theologiae for a good indication of how he understands many, MANY other passages from the Bible.

St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor and the Church's greatest theologian ... pray for us.

Pax Christi,
phatcatholic