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Romanus Cessario

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The Reverend
Romanus Cessario
OP
Church Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination 27 May 1971
Personal details
Born Romanus Cessario
1 April 1944
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Romanus Cessario OP (born April 1, 1944)[1] is an American Dominican priest and theologian who is the Adam Cardinal Maida Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University.[2][3] He completed his doctorate in theology at the University of Fribourg.[4]

Bibliography

  • Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas (University Press of America, 1982)[5]
  • The Godly Image: Christ and Salvation in Catholic Thought from Anselm to Aquinas. Studies in Historical Theology VI (St. Bede's Publications, 1990)
  • Meeting Christ in the Sacraments by Colman E. O’Neill, O.P., and revised by Romanus Cessario, O.P. (Alba House, 1991)
  • The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics (University of Notre Dame Press, 1991)
  • Perpetual Angelus. As the Saints Pray the Rosary (Alba House, 1995)
  • Christian Faith and the Theological Life (The Catholic University of America Press, 1996)[6]
  • A Love That Never Ends. A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church With J.A. DiNoia, B.G. O’Donnell, P.J. Cameron (Our Sunday Visitor Press, 1996)
  • Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology. Studies by Ten Outstanding Scholars Edited with J. A. DiNoia, O.P. (Midwest Theological Forum, 1999)
  • Le thomisme et les thomistes (Les Éditions du Cerf, 1999)
  • John Capreolus (1380–1444): Treatise on the Virtues Edited and Introduction with Kevin White (The Catholic University of America Press, 2001)
  • Introduction to Moral Theology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2001)[7]
  • Boston’s Cardinal. Bernard Law, the Man and His Witness Edited with a Biographical Essay by Mary Ann Glendon (Lexington Books, 2002)
  • The Virtues or the Examined Life (Continuum, 2002)[8]
  • A Short History of Thomism (Catholic University of America Press, 2005)[9]
  • The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics Second Edition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008)[10]
  • The Seven Last Words of Jesus (Magnificat, 2009)
  • The Seven Joys of Mary (Magnificat, 2011)
  • Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths Edited with Craig Steven Titus and Paul C. Vitz (Sophia Institute Press, 2013)
  • Introduction to Moral Theology Revised Edition (The Catholic University of America Press, 2013)
  • The Seven Sorrows of Mary (Magnificat, 2014)
  • Theology and Sanctity, ed. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Sapientia Press, 2014)
  • Compassionate Blood: Catherine of Siena on the Passion (Magnificat, 2016)
  • Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters with Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Fortress Press, 2017)
  • The Grace to Be a Priest (Cluny Media, 2017)[11]
  • The Godly Image. Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas (The Catholic University of America, 2020)
  • Sanctifying Truth: Thomas Aquinas on Christian Holiness (Magnificat, 2021)
  • The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church (Baker Academic, 2023)[12]

References

  1. Back to citation "Romanus Cessario, O.P." The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
  2. Back to citation "Thomism in the 21st Century: Q&A with Father Romanus Cessario, O.P." 18 February 2015.
  3. Back to citation Lopez, Katherine Jean (27 May 2021). "Thank God for Father Romanus Cessario". National Review.
  4. Back to citation Connors, Ryan (September 2024). "Only the Truth Has Grace: A Tribute to Father Romanus Cessario, O.P.". Nova et Vetera. 22 (4): 1077–1087. doi:10.1353/nov.2024.a944773.
  5. Back to citation Reviewed in Buckley, James J. (1987). "Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas; Towards a Personalist Understanding by Romanus Cessario, O.P.". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 51 (3): 524–526. doi:10.1353/tho.1987.0021.
  6. Back to citation Reviews of Christian Faith and the Theological Life include: Pinckaers, Servais (1998). "Christian Faith and the Theological Life by Romanus Cessario, O.P (review)". The Thomist. 62 (1): 145–150. doi:10.1353/tho.1998.0048. ISSN 2473-3725. Jelly, Frederick M. (1998). "Book Review: Christian Faith and the Theological Life". Theological Studies. 59 (1): 162–163. doi:10.1177/004056399805900123. ISSN 0040-5639.
  7. Back to citation Reviews of Introduction to Moral Theology include: Hibbs, Thomas (2002). "Introduction to Moral Theology by Romanus Cessario, O.P. (review)". The Thomist. 66 (4): 629–632. doi:10.1353/tho.2002.0041. ISSN 2473-3725.
  8. Back to citation Reviews of The Virtues or the Examined Life include: Harak, G. Simon (2004). "Book Review: The Virtues, or the Examined Life". Theological Studies. 65 (2): 415–417. doi:10.1177/004056390406500229. ISSN 0040-5639. Levering, Matthew (2003). "The Virtues, or the Examined Life by Romanus Cessario (review)". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 67 (1): 143–147. doi:10.1353/tho.2003.0044. ISSN 2473-3725.
  9. Back to citation Reviews of A Short History of Thomism include: Brent, James (2005). "Romanus Cessario, O.P. A Short History of Thomism". The Modern Schoolman. 83 (1): 81–83. doi:10.5840/schoolman20058316. Freddoso, Alfred J. "A Short History of Thomism. By Romanus Cessario, O.P. (review)" (PDF). University of Notre Dame: 1–6. Holmes, Jeremy (2007). "A Short History of Thomism (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 93 (2): 393–395. doi:10.1353/cat.2007.0176. ISSN 1534-0708.
  10. Back to citation Reviews of The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics include: Jones, L. Gregory (1993). "Review of The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics". The Journal of Religion. 73 (1): 116–117. doi:10.1086/489084. ISSN 0022-4189. JSTOR 1204245. MacIntyre, Alasdair (1992). "The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics by Romanus Cessario, O.P.". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 56 (2): 339–344. doi:10.1353/tho.1992.0036.
  11. Back to citation "Dominican theologian: The goal of the priesthood is to get people to heaven".
  12. Back to citation Reviewed in De Chirico, Leonardo (2024). "Cessario, Romanus. The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 67 (1): 195–204. ISSN 0360-8808. Andrada, Juan Maria (2023). "Cessario, Romanus, O.P., The seven sacraments of the catholic church". Ciencia Tomista. 150 (471): 596–597. ISSN 0210-0398. Fagerberg, David (January 2025). "The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church by Romanus Cessario, O.P. (review)". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 89 (1): 160–163. doi:10.1353/tho.2025.a947196.