Navarre Commentary on Canon Law

A definitive step in this direction was taken by Peter Lombardo (+1160) in the twelfth century and by the author of Summa Sententiarum when he applied the scholastic concept of efficient cause to that of sensible sign, and thereby completed the definition handed down by Saint Aguustine.

- Exegetical Commentary on the Code of Canon Law: Prepared Under the Responsibility of the Martín de Azpilcueta Institute, Faculty of Canon Law, University of Navarre.Vol.III/2 Chicago : Midwest Theological Forum, 2004. p.1635 This formatting is not correct.




In this article on the canons regarding sacramentals, the author (Maria del Mar Martin) refers to a work by (A. Piolanti I Sacramenti Vatican City 1959).

This connection to Peter Lombard (by way of Piolanti a 20th C theologian) is interesting because it helps me to see another of the major concepts in scientific sacramental theology applied to sacramentals.