The Christology of Demons
What can be known about Jesus Christ intellectually when one doesn’t believe in Him? What exactly did the demons in the Gospels know about Jesus’ identity? Did they see Jesus as a prophet or as a promised Messiah? Consider the case of demons, as St. Thomas Aquinas did, to gain a better understanding, by way of contrast, of what it means to truly know Jesus Christ.
Experience the Event
What can be known about Jesus Christ intellectually when one doesn’t believe in Him? What exactly did the demons in the Gospels know about Jesus’ identity? Did they see Jesus as a prophet or as a promised Messiah? Consider the case of demons, as St. Thomas Aquinas did, to gain a better understanding, by way of contrast, of what it means to truly know Jesus Christ.
The comprehensive and systematic character of Thomas Aquinas’ thought has for centuries informed inquiry into questions of human dignity, freedom, economic development, work, poverty, the environment, and other issues of global significance. Celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Aquinas, exploring the ongoing importance of his thought to contemporary cultural, philosophical, and theological discussions. In gathering many of the most accomplished contemporary scholars of Aquinas’ thought from throughout the world working on themes in Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Anthropology, Political Theory, Christology, Trinitarian Theology, Sacramental Theology and Ecclesiology, among others, this series promotes fruitful interchange of diverse perspectives on the importance of Aquinas in the world today.
Featured Speaker:
- Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P., Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Meet the Speaker: Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P.
Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino is the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. From 2011 to 2020, he served as general secretary of the International Theological Commission. Since 2011, he has served as consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Before moving to Rome, he taught at the Catholic University of Toulouse and was editor of the prestigious Revue Thomiste. He has been an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas since 1999 and has served as its president since 2014. He completed his PhD in theology in Fribourg under the direction of the eminent Jean-Pierre Torrell. He completed a second PhD in philosophy at the University of Poitiers under the supervision of Pierre Magnard. His publications include Saint Thomas au XXe siècle : Actes du colloque du Centenaire de la “Revue thomiste” (1993), Je vis dans la foi au Fils de Dieu : Entretiens sur la vie de foi (2000), Les Anges et les Démons (2007), Il m’a aimé et s’est livré pour moi : Entretiens sur le Rédempteur en sa Passion (2013), Brève histoire de la philosophie latine au Moyen Age (2015), Dieu, ‘Celui qui est’ (2016), Etudes thomasiennes (2018) and Saint Thomas d’Aquin lecteur du Cantique des cantiques (2019).