Romanus Cessario

Romanus Cessario OP (born April 1, 1944)^[1] is an American Catholic priest and theologian. He is the Adam Cardinal Maida Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University.^[2][3]

Cessario completed his doctorate in theology at the University of Fribourg.^[4]

• Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas (University Press of America, 1982)^[5]
• The Godly Image: Christ and Salvation in Catholic Thought from Anselm to Aquinas. Studies in Historical Theology VI (St. Bede's Publications, 1990)
• Meeting Christ in the Sacraments by Colman E. O’Neill, O.P., and revised by Romanus Cessario, O.P. (Alba House, 1991)
• The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics (University of Notre Dame Press, 1991)
• Perpetual Angelus. As the Saints Pray the Rosary (Alba House, 1995)
• Christian Faith and the Theological Life (The Catholic University of America Press, 1996)^[6]
• A Love That Never Ends. A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church With J.A. DiNoia, B.G. O’Donnell, P.J. Cameron (Our Sunday Visitor Press, 1996)
• Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology. Studies by Ten Outstanding Scholars Edited with J. A. DiNoia, O.P. (Midwest Theological Forum, 1999)
• Le thomisme et les thomistes (Les Éditions du Cerf, 1999)
• John Capreolus (1380–1444): Treatise on the Virtues Edited and Introduction with Kevin White (The Catholic University of America Press, 2001)
• Introduction to Moral Theology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2001)^[7]
• Boston’s Cardinal. Bernard Law, the Man and His Witness Edited with a Biographical Essay by Mary Ann Glendon (Lexington Books, 2002)
• The Virtues or the Examined Life (Continuum, 2002)^[8]
• A Short History of Thomism (Catholic University of America Press, 2005)^[9]
• The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics Second Edition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008)^[10]
• The Seven Last Words of Jesus (Magnificat, 2009)
• The Seven Joys of Mary (Magnificat, 2011)
• Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths Edited with Craig Steven Titus and Paul C. Vitz (Sophia Institute Press, 2013)
• Introduction to Moral Theology Revised Edition (The Catholic University of America Press, 2013)
• The Seven Sorrows of Mary (Magnificat, 2014)
• Theology and Sanctity, ed. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Sapientia Press, 2014)
• Compassionate Blood: Catherine of Siena on the Passion (Magnificat, 2016)
• Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters with Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Fortress Press, 2017)
• The Grace to Be a Priest (Cluny Media, 2017)^[11]
• The Godly Image. Christian Satisfaction in Aquinas (The Catholic University of America, 2020)
• Sanctifying Truth: Thomas Aquinas on Christian Holiness (Magnificat, 2021)
• The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church (Baker Academic, 2023)^[12]