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The Contested Theological Authority of Thomas Aquinas: The Controversies Between Hervaeus Natalis and Durandus of St. Pourçain

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First published 2003 by Routledge. 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.

Author(s): Elizabeth Lowe
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture, 17
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013

Language: English
Pages: 280
City: London

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
CHAPTER THREE. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CONTROVERSIES
Early 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
WORKS CITED
INDEX