Epistolæ D. Hieronymi [Saint Jérôme],
stridoniensis, et libri contra hæreticos
Anvers, 1578
(D 252/4)

Summa contra gentiles
de Saint Thomas d’Aquin
Florence, 1521
(TH 89/28)

The pillars of faith

In the founding texts of the Society of Jesus, Saint Ignatius of Loyola emphasised the necessity for its colleges to provide any required books required for students’ education  

Thus patrology and theology constitute an important part of the libraries created. Those collections were regularly updated. This allows current researchers to have numerous monographs on Greek and Latin Fathers at their disposal: for example more than 300 books on Saint Augustine. The main French and foreign editions of Middle Ages’ theologians can also be found.

It seemed very important to Ignatius of Loyola to study texts which were considered controversial as well as the other religions. The collection is therefore particularly rich in Protestant, should be Anglican, Orthodox and Jansenist theologies.

La Cité de Dieu de Saint Augustin 2 t., Paris, 1737 (D 271/7)

Auslegung der Episteln und Evangelien vom Advent an bis auf Ostern de Martin Luther Wittenberg, 1530 (AR 2/312)