Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus... Volumes 2 through 6. Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis e Societate Jesu Opus De Theologicus Dogmatibus, Nunc primum septem voluminibus comprehensum, in meliorem ordinem redactum, Autoris ipsius Vita, ac libris quibusdam numquam in hoc opere editis locupletatum, Francisci Antonii Zachariae ex Eadem Societate Jesu Estensium Principum Bibliotheca Praefecti Dissertationibus, ac notis uberrimis illustratum. Tomus Secundus, Pars Prima, In Qua De SS. Trinitate Libri Priores Quinque. Translated from Latin: Dionysius Petavius of Orleans from the Society of Jesus, Work on Theological Dogmas, Now for the first time comprehended in seven volumes, arranged in better order, enriched with the Author's own Life and some books never before published in this work, illustrated with the dissertations and very copious notes of Francis Antonii Zacharia from the same Society of Jesus, Prefect of the Library of the Este Princes. Volume Two, Part One, In Which Concerning the Holy Trinity, the First Five Books.

Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus... Volumes 2 through 6. Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis e Societate Jesu Opus De Theologicus Dogmatibus, Nunc primum septem voluminibus comprehensum, in meliorem ordinem redactum, Autoris ipsius Vita, ac libris quibusdam numquam in hoc opere editis locupletatum, Francisci Antonii Zachariae ex Eadem Societate Jesu Estensium Principum Bibliotheca Praefecti Dissertationibus, ac notis uberrimis illustratum. Tomus Secundus, Pars Prima, In Qua De SS. Trinitate Libri Priores Quinque. Translated from Latin: Dionysius Petavius of Orleans from the Society of Jesus, Work on Theological Dogmas, Now for the first time comprehended in seven volumes, arranged in better order, enriched with the Author's own Life and some books never before published in this work, illustrated with the dissertations and very copious notes of Francis Antonii Zacharia from the same Society of Jesus, Prefect of the Library of the Este Princes. Volume Two, Part One, In Which Concerning the Holy Trinity, the First Five Books.

Author: Petavius, Dionysius (Denis Petau) (b.1583 –1652)

Folio (9.5" x 15.25") 1757.Petavius, Dionysius (Denis Petau). Venetiis. 5 volumes bound as 4. Period vellum with manuscript titles towards head of spine. Edgewear, corners bumped with small loss to some, head and foot of spine chipped with small loss (see pic) to head on two volumes. Covers soiled with some stains, with chipping to some hinges (see pic). Spines appear to have been varnished at some point in time. Title pages in black and red. Pagination is as follows: (Vol.II.pt.I.- 271pp., pt.II.- 218pp.); (Vol.III.- 446pp.);(Vol.IV.- 428pp.); (Vol.V.- 316pp.; Vol.VI.- 350pp.). A large set of 18th century vellum books.

Denis Pétau (1583 –1652), also known as Dionysius Petavius, was a French Jesuit theologian. Petau's claim to fame chiefly rests on his vast, but unfinished, De theologicis dogmatibus, the first systematic attempt ever made to treat the development of Christian doctrine from the historical point of view. Among his previous writings, Pétau had inserted some masterly dissertations on chronology; in 1627 he brought out his De doctrina temporum, and later the Tabulae chronologicae (1628, 1629, 1633, 1657). It surpassed Scaliger's De Emendatione temporum (Paris, 1583), and prepared the ground for the works of the Benedictines. A summary of it appeared in 1633 (1635, 1641, etc.) under the title of Rationarium temporum, of which numerous reprints and translations into French, English, and Italian have been made. About the same time, he wrote poetical works in Greek and in Latin and dissertations (often of a polemical nature) against Grotius, Saumaise, Arnauld, and others. His paraphrase of the Psalms in Greek verse was dedicated in 1637 to Pope Urban VIII. Finally there appeared in 1643 the first three volumes of the Dogmata theologica (dated 1644); the fourth and fifth volumes were published in 1650; the work was incomplete at Pétau's death, and despite several attempts was never continued. Numerous editions of the "Dogmata theologica" have been published, including that by the Calvinist Jean Le Clerc, published in Antwerp in 1700; the last edition was brought out in eight volumes by J. B. Fournials (Paris, 1866–68). In 1757 F. A. Zaccaria, S.J., republished the work in Venice with notes and dissertations; in 1857 Passaglia and Schrader undertook a similar work, but they produced only the first volume. His letters, Epistolarum libri tres, were published after his death; though far from being complete, they give an idea of his close acquaintance with the most famous men in Europe of his time; they also furnish valuable information on the composition of his works and his method.

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