 Unlike the commentaries, these articles take up some point or aspect of a particular theme on which Pirotta expands upon.With the exception of the very early ones, published by Pirotta when still at the beginning of his career, the rest are master works that would have been minutely scrutinized by the editorial boards concerned before publication, and furthermore exposed Pirotta’s intellect to a wide readership within international Thomistic academic circles.After publication, almost all of these articles had been subsequently distributed as separate extracts.