The Silence of Thomas / Bruno Forte; Foreword by Aidan Nichols

The author of this short work, a priest in Naples, has composed a series of brief poetic sequences, interspersed by the facts of St Thomas Aquinas’ later life, on the theme of the saint’s celebrated “silence” between 6th December 1273 after he had celebrated Mass and his death on 7th March 1274. The foreword by Aidan Nichols OP elucidates the statement made by Thomas prior to his silence, that his writings were “chaff”. This does not mean that they were rubbish; rather, a “beginning” that could only be concluded and consummated in heaven.