Gilles Emery

Gilles Emery, OP (born 14 April 1962) is a Swiss Dominican priest, theologian and professor emeritus of dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg. A specialist in the theology of Thomas Aquinas and in Trinitarian theology, he served as a member of the International Theological Commission from 2004 to 2014. He is an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Early life and education Emery was born in Sierre, in the canton of Valais, on 14 April 1962. He pursued theological studies at the University of Fribourg, where he completed advanced degrees, including the doctorate in theology in 1994 under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He made his solemn profession in the Order of Preachers and was ordained a priest in 1989. and associate editor of the English-language Nova et Vetera edition (as indicated in issue credits).

Emery's monograph The Trinitarian Theology of St Thomas Aquinas (2007) and his introductory text The Trinity (2011) are frequently cited in contemporary Thomistic and Trinitarian studies, as reflected in reviews and academic indexing.

Honours

Magister in sacra theologia (2012). Premio Internazionale San Tommaso d'Aquino (2017).

Selected publications

Monographs

La Trinité créatrice: Trinité et création dans les commentaires aux Sentences de Thomas d'Aquin et de ses précurseurs Albert le Grand et Bonaventure (Paris: Vrin, 1995). Thomas d'Aquin, Traités: Les raisons de la foi; Les articles de la foi et les sacrements de l'Église (Paris: Cerf, 1999). Trinity in Aquinas (Ypsilanti/Naples, FL: Sapientia Press, 2003/2006). The Trinitarian Theology of St Thomas Aquinas (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). Trinity, Church, and the Human Person: Thomistic Essays (Naples, FL: Sapientia Press, 2007). The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2011). Présence de Dieu et union à Dieu (Paris: Parole et Silence, 2017).

Edited volumes

(ed., with Matthew Levering) The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). (ed., with Matthew Levering) Aristotle in Aquinas's Theology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).

Selected articles (English)

"Theologia and Dispensatio: The Centrality of the Divine Missions in St. Thomas's Trinitarian Theology," The Thomist 74 (2010): 515–561. "Kenosis, Christ, and the Trinity in Thomas Aquinas," Nova et Vetera (English ed.) 17 (2019): 839–869.

Memberships and editorial work Emery has been associated with Nova et Vetera in both its French and English editions, serving as chief editor of the Swiss French edition from 2012

Personal life Emery is a priest of the Order of Preachers.