1st Edition
The Contested Theological Authority of Thomas Aquinas The Controversies Between Hervaeus Natalis and Durandus of St. Pourcain, 1307-1323
By Elizabeth Lowe
Copyright 2003
278 Pages
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Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explains how the authority Thomas Aquinas's theological teachings grew out of the doctrinal controversies surrounding it within the Dominican Order. The adoption and eventual promotion of the teachings of Aquinas by the Order of Preachers ran counter to every other current running through the late thirteenth-century Church; most scholastics, the Dominican Order included, were wary of the... Read more
Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: The Dominican Order and Its Educational Structures Charismatic Origins Translation into an Institution Early Growth Study, Schools, and Scholars Chapter Two: The Dominican Intellectual Tradition The Friar Preachers and the Methodology of the Schools Aristotle among the Friar Preachers Thomas Aquinas, the Condemnations and Their Consequences Dominican Reactions to the Condemnations Chapter Three: The Historical Background of the Controversies Early Dominican Thomists, 1277-1307 The Predominance of the Augustinian Tradition The Antagonists Herveaus Natalis and Durandus of St. Pourçain Conclusion Chapter Four: Selected Issues in the Controversies Debate over Relations Debate over Cognition Debate over Theology Chapter Five: The Controversies and the Question of Aquinas's Theological Authority Medieval Conceptions of Theological Authorities Natalis's and Durandus's Concepts of auctoritas The Controversies and Aquinas's auctoritas Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Elizabeth Lowe
