Romanus Cessario

Romanus Cessario
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination	27 May 1971
Personal details
Born	Romanus Cessario (1944-04-01) 1 April 1944 (age 81) Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Romanus Cessario OP (born April 1, 1944) ^[1] is an American Catholic priest and theologian. He is the Adam Cardinal Maida Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. ^{[2] [3]}

Cessario 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. "Romanus Cessario, O.P." The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
2. "Thomism in the 21st Century: Q&A with Father Romanus Cessario, O.P." 18 February 2015.
3. Lopez, Katherine Jean (27 May 2021). "Thank God for Father Romanus Cessario". National Review .
4. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. "Dominican theologian: The goal of the priesthood is to get people to heaven".
12. 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.