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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Studies in Medieval History and Culture |
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Studies in medieval history and culture.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE DOMINICAN ORDER AND ITS EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES; Charismatic Origins; Translation into an Institution; Early Growth; Study, Schools, and Scholars; Friar Preachers at the University; 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 |
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CHAPTER THREE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CONTROVERSIESEarly Dominican Thomists; The Predominance of the Augustinian Tradition, 1277-1307; The Antagonists; Herveaus Natalis and Durandus of St. Pourçain; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR SELECTED ISSUES IN THE CONTROVERSIES; The Debate over Relation; The Debate over Cognition; The Debate over Theology; CHAPTER FIVE THE CONTROVERSIES AND THE QUESTION OF AQUINAS' THEOLOGICAL AUTHORITY; Medieval Conceptions of Theological Authorities; Natalis' and Durandus' Concepts of Auctoritas; The Controversies and Aquinas' Auctoritas; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES |
| Summary |
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 thei |
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Works citedindex |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Thomas, -- Aquinas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135384289 |
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1135384282 |
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