The English edition of Nova et Vetera is published quarterly and provides an international forum for theological and philosophical studies from a Thomistic perspective. The journal strives to follow the culturally engaged, ecclesial, broadly Thomistic, and dialogical perspective of the founder of the Swiss Nova et Vetera, Charles Journet. Journet worked at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and biblical studies, and we seek to do the same.

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Nova et Vetera, Spring 2024 (Vol. 22, No. 2)

ISSN 1542-7315

Tract for the Times
Tract 16: What I Did Not Steal, Must I Now Restore? – Anonymous

Commentary
When the Morally “Right” Thing to Do Is Difficult: Reflections on a True “Pastoral” Approach in John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor – Irene Alexander
Abnegation as Key to Providence: Six Spiritual Theologians on Providence – David W. Fagerberg
The Adoro Te Devote of St. Thomas Aquinas – Sr. Lucia Marie of the Visitation Langford, O.P.

Articles
The Little Way: Ferdinand Ulrich on Accidents – Rachel M. Coleman
Eucharistic Adoration: Veils for Vision – Emmanuel Perrier, O.P.
“Awe-Inspiring, in Truth, Are the Mysteries of the Church”: Eucharistic Mystagogy and Moral Exhortation in the Preaching of St. John Chrysostom – Daria Spezzano
How Augustinian Is Aquinas’s Basic Account of Free Decision? – Jamie Anne Spiering

Symposium on The Trinity by Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
The Trinity by Thomas Joseph White, O.P.: A Model of Living Thomism – Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P.
God’s Triune Life: Engaging Thomas Joseph White’s Recent Study – Christophe Chalamet
On the Trinity: An Ecumenical Conversation – Isidoros C. Katsos
Ecumenical Relational Ontology in Dialogue with Thomism – Giulio Maspero
The Thomist and the Palamite: Reflections on The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God – Marcus Plested
Dominus Deus Noster Deus Unus Est: Aquinas on Divine Unity – Archbishop Rowan Williams
Toward an East–West Ultramontane Polyphony: On Dogma, Ecclesial Unity, and the Filioque – Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

Review Essay
Faith and Science – Sean Hayden

Translation by Aaron D. Henderson, with Introduction and Notes
The Mystery of Sacramentality: Christ, the Church, and the Seven Sacraments – Charles Journet

Book Reviews
Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture by Janet Soskice – Jose Belleza
Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God by Mary M. Keys – Thomas P. Harmon
The Political Soul: Plato on Thumos, Spirited Motivation, and the City by Josh Wilburn – Kevin M. Kambo
The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment by Ulrich L. Lehner – Noah R. Karger
The Abuse of Conscience: A Century of Catholic Moral Theology by Matthew Levering – Ezra Sullivan, O.P.