The Contested Theological Authority of Thomas Aquinas

The Controversies Between Hervaeus Natalis and Durandus of St. Pourcain, 1307-1323
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-94353-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 606 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

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 his unconventional teachings. Despite this, the Dominican Order was propelled along their solitary via Thomas by conflicts between two groups of magistri: Aquinas's early Dominican followers and their more conservative neo-Augustinian brethren. This debate reached its climax in a series of bitter polemical battles between Hervaeus Natalis, the most prominent of early defenders, and Durandus of St. Pourçain, the last major Dominican thinker to attack Aquinas's teachings openly. Elizabeth Lowe offers a vivid illustration of this major shift in the Dominican intellectual tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lowe, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Theologie und die Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Dominican Order and Its Educational Structures; Chapter 2 The Dominican Intellectual Tradition; Chapter 3 The Historical Background of the Controversies; Chapter 4 Selected Issues in the Controversies; Chapter 5 The Controversies and the Question of Aquinas’ Theological Authority; Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Lowe