About the Author
Philippe de la Trinité, O.C.D.
was born John Joseph Rambaud at Grenoble in 1908. He studied at the Gregorian University at Rome, where he earned the degree doctor of philosophy. He served as president of the faculty of theology of the Discalced Carmelites at Rome and a consultant of the Congregation of the Holy Office. He was chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and the recipient of the French Croix de Guerre (1939–1945) and the Medal of the Resistance.
What People Are Saying
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The architects of Protestantism jettisoned the Catholic theology of vicarious satisfaction in favor of a new theology of penal substitution. They looked at the Cross and saw the Son bearing the full brunt of the Father’s wrath against wicked humanity. The greatest theologians of the Catholic Church, not least St. Thomas Aquinas, see something different. They see the Son loving the Father with the full strength of his human and divine natures. They see Jesus paying the debt of our sins by giving back to the Father all the love that we withhold from Him every time we sin. This little volume by Philippe de la Trinité is easily the most clarifying book I’ve read on this subject.
Curtis Mitch
Associate editor of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
[B]y reading the Tradition—St. Thomas especially—Père Philippe shows us that Jesus’ Passion is not a punishment but an act of praise, an oblation in which all Christians are brought into the Father’s love precisely as we are.
Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
Catholic Studies Centre, St. Louis University
This study is as spiritually rich as it is theologically precise, and this draws the theology of the Trinity back into the center of Christian spirituality, where it should be. Highly recommended!
John C. Cavadini
University of Notre Dame
Although more than sixty years have passed since Father Philippe de la Trinité’s What is Redemption? first appeared in print, it remains one of the most significant books about some of the most significant things: satisfaction, sacrifice, mercy, and merit.
Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
Dominican House of Studies Washington, D.C.
This classic work, both accessible and profound, is mandatory reading for anyone interested in theology of the atonement. Philippe de la Trinité shows the contested legacy in Catholic thought with respect to the mystery of the Cross, and offers helpful points of orientation. Using Aquinas as a guide, he points the way toward the heart of redemption.
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
Pontifical University of St. Thomas
The architects of Protestantism jettisoned the Catholic theology of vicarious satisfaction in favor of a new theology of penal substitution. They looked at the Cross and saw the Son bearing the full brunt of the Father’s wrath against wicked humanity. The greatest theologians of the Catholic Church, not least St. Thomas Aquinas, see something different. They see the Son loving the Father with the full strength of his human and divine natures. They see Jesus paying the debt of our sins by giving back to the Father all the love that we withhold from Him every time we sin. This little volume by Philippe de la Trinité is easily the most clarifying book I’ve read on this subject.
Curtis Mitch
Associate editor of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
[B]y reading the Tradition—St. Thomas especially—Père Philippe shows us that Jesus’ Passion is not a punishment but an act of praise, an oblation in which all Christians are brought into the Father’s love precisely as we are.
Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J.
Catholic Studies Centre, St. Louis University
This study is as spiritually rich as it is theologically precise, and this draws the theology of the Trinity back into the center of Christian spirituality, where it should be. Highly recommended!
John C. Cavadini
University of Notre Dame
Although more than sixty years have passed since Father Philippe de la Trinité’s What is Redemption? first appeared in print, it remains one of the most significant books about some of the most significant things: satisfaction, sacrifice, mercy, and merit.
Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
Dominican House of Studies Washington, D.C.
This classic work, both accessible and profound, is mandatory reading for anyone interested in theology of the atonement. Philippe de la Trinité shows the contested legacy in Catholic thought with respect to the mystery of the Cross, and offers helpful points of orientation. Using Aquinas as a guide, he points the way toward the heart of redemption.
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
Pontifical University of St. Thomas
The architects of Protestantism jettisoned the Catholic theology of vicarious satisfaction in favor of a new theology of penal substitution. They looked at the Cross and saw the Son bearing the full brunt of the Father’s wrath against wicked humanity. The greatest theologians of the Catholic Church, not least St. Thomas Aquinas, see something different. They see the Son loving the Father with the full strength of his human and divine natures. They see Jesus paying the debt of our sins by giving back to the Father all the love that we withhold from Him every time we sin. This little volume by Philippe de la Trinité is easily the most clarifying book I’ve read on this subject.
Curtis Mitch
Associate editor of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
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