Dominicans and the Printed Word

The following scientific reviews have been founded by Dominicans. One of the oldest is the Revue Biblique of Jerusalem dating from 1892. Not only is it the oldest review of biblical studies published by Dominicans, but also the oldest published by any Catholics. Nevertheless it is not our oldest review, for the Divus Thomas of Fribourg, contributed to from its very beginning by the Dominicans, and confided to their sole charge in 1923, was founded by the secular clergy as far back as 1886. The Revue Thomiste, whose first director was Pére Coconnier of the Province of Toulouse and a professor at Fribourg, dates from 1893. These reviews, philosophical and theological, were the first signs of the approaching revival of Thomism in the Church, so gloriously sponsored by Leo XIII. Other reviews of a like kind have been added to the above, and have rendered yeoman service to the Church. I will name the principle ones in their order of age. The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, founded at Washington in 1901, especially intended for the use of the clergy, is a quarterly and has a great circulation. La Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques, directed by the Dominican Fathers of Le Saulchoir, was established in 1907. Owing to the value of its articles and its Bulletins it is unequalled by any other review in Catholic universities or even in the scientific world. We must associate with it the Bulletin Thomiste, founded in 1924 by Pére Mandonnet for the purpose of collating all publications which treat of Thomistic thought or the Thomist movement. La Ciencia Tomista of Salamanca, first published in 1910, has acquired particular renown owing to the valuable work done by its principal contributors.