SALMANTICENSI. - Discalced Carmelite theologians of Salamanca who wrote two major courses in dogmatic and moral theology. After the Discalced Carmelite College in Alcalá (Complutum) had successfully begun (1624) the *Cursus Complutensis* of philosophy, by decree of the supreme council of the Order (i.e., the Congregation of Spain), the Fathers of the Theological College of Salamanca (founded in 1581) published a course of theology under the title: *Collegii Salmanticensis Fratrum Discalceatorum B. M. de M. Carmelo cursus theologicus summam theologicam D. Thomae complectens*.
It is not an ordinary commentary on the *Summa theologica* of Aquinas, but a vast scholastic treatment (14 volumes) aimed at explaining and deepening the doctrine of St. Thomas; according to Scheeben, it is the greatest and most complete work of the Thomistic school. The authors were: Fr. Antonio della Madre di Dio (1583–1637), who initiated it and outlined the method to be followed for the entire course. He wrote vol. I: *De Deo uno* (Salamanca 1631), vol. II: *De Deo trino* (Segovia 1637), and vol. III: *De angelis* (ibid. 1637). After his death, Fr. Domenico di S. Teresa (1604–60) compiled vol. IV: *De fine ultimo, de beatitudine* (Salamanca 1647).
Fr. Giovanni dell'Annunciazione (1633–1701) added vols. V–XI with treatises on: grace, justification, merit, faith, hope, charity, the religious state, the Incarnation, sacraments in general, and the Eucharist (Lyon 1679 and 1687; Barcelona 1694). To these, Fr. Antonio di S. Giovanni Battista (1641–99) added vol. XII in two parts: *de paenitentia* (Lyon 1704, Madrid 1712). Thus, the publication of this course extended nearly a century, both due to the premature deaths of the first authors and to typographical difficulties. Despite the diversity of authors and the long span of composition, the work appears as a unified whole and consistently follows the doctrine of St. Thomas. A compendium of the same course was published by Fr. Paolo della Concezione in his work: *Tractatus theologici iuxta s. Thomae et cursus Salmanticensis doctrinam* (5 vols., Madrid 1722–29). The last edition of the entire work appeared in 20 volumes (Paris 1870–83) from Palmè.
The same College of Salamanca also published a course in moral theology under the title: *Collegii Salmanticensis FF. Discalceatorum B. M. de M. Carmelo cursus theologica moralis* (4 vols., Salamanca 1665–68). Other editions of this course appeared in Lyon 1670, Antwerp 1672, Madrid 1709, and there 1717–24. The authors are: Fr. François de César Maria (d. 1677), Fr. Andrea della Madre di Dio (d. 1674), and Sebastiano di S. Gioacchino (d. 1714). A compendium of this moral course was also published by Fr. Paolo Girolamo di S. Elena (1683–1770), titled: *Sacrae theologiae moralis medullae* (Cologne 1754, Bologna 1772), as well as by Fr. Antonio di S. Giuseppe (1716–94) under the title: *Compendium Salmanticense universae theologiae moralis* (Rome 1779, ibid. 1787, Venice 1789, Pamplona 1791, ibid. 1797, Barcelona 1817, Madrid 1846), and, after the new Code, by Fr. Nicola del S. Cuore di Maria (Burgos 1931). Moreover, there exists a Castilian version of this last compendium by Fr. Marco di S. Teresa (Pamplona 1805, Madrid 1808, 1849).