The Metaphysics of the Incarnation: Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus

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The period from Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus is one of the richest in the history of Christian theology. Cross aims to provide a thorough examination of the doctrine in this era, making explicit its philosophical and theological foundations.

Author(s): Richard Cross
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 379

Contents......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 15
Frequently cited principles......Page 21
1. The medieval problem......Page 22
2. Substance, nature, and individuation: some medieval analyses......Page 30
3. Literature......Page 45
Part I: Models for the hypostatic union......Page 48
1. History......Page 50
2. Philosophy......Page 54
1. Pro: Thomas Aquinas......Page 72
2. Contra: (1) Thomas Aquinas......Page 83
3. Contra: (2) Matthew of Aquasparta......Page 85
4. Contra: (3) William of Ware......Page 87
5. Contra: (4) Godfrey of Fontaines and Duns Scotus......Page 90
6. Dominicans after Aquinas......Page 92
3. The substance–accident model: (1) Franciscans from Bonaventure to William of Ware......Page 98
1. Bonaventure......Page 99
2. Matthew of Aquasparta......Page 103
3. Peter John Olivi......Page 104
4. William of Ware......Page 106
1. Giles of Rome......Page 110
2. Henry of Ghent......Page 125
3. Godfrey of Fontaines......Page 135
4. Hervaeus Natalis and Duns Scotus......Page 140
1. The type of unity......Page 142
2. Accidental dependence and truth-making......Page 145
3. Identity and mereology......Page 149
4. An Aristotelian problem......Page 154
5. Indwelling......Page 157
Excursus 1. Consequences of the union......Page 158
Part II: Trinitarian issues......Page 166
1. The Incarnation and the divine essence......Page 168
2. The Incarnation of just one divine person......Page 172
3. Causality and divine action in the Incarnation......Page 173
7. The ratio terminandi: essence or personal property?......Page 177
1. The omnipotence and infinity arguments......Page 180
2. The perfection argument: Henry of Ghent......Page 181
3. The ratio terminandi as divine essence: William of Ware......Page 183
4. The ratio terminandi as personal property: Richard of Middleton......Page 185
5. Duns Scotus against the omnipotence and infinity arguments......Page 186
6. Duns Scotus against the perfection argument......Page 188
7. The independence argument: Duns Scotus......Page 191
Part III: The communication of properties......Page 202
1. The communication of properties......Page 204
2. Reduplication and contradictory predicates......Page 213
9. Relations and intrinsic properties......Page 227
1. Theories......Page 229
2. Evaluation......Page 234
10. Christ’s human activity: agency and predication......Page 239
Excursus 2. Counting persons and natures......Page 251
Part IV: Theories of subsistence......Page 258
11. The historical background......Page 260
1. Thomas Aquinas......Page 267
2. Henry of Ghent (1): Pre-1286......Page 278
3. Henry of Ghent (2): Post-1286......Page 282
4. Giles of Rome......Page 284
5. Two Dominicans after Aquinas......Page 290
1. Richard of Middleton......Page 291
2. William of Ware......Page 294
1. Peter John Olivi......Page 306
2. Godfrey of Fontaines......Page 311
3. Hervaeus Natalis......Page 316
1. In favour of the negation theory......Page 318
2. The negation theory of subsistence......Page 322
3. Are negation theories fatally metaphysically flawed?......Page 329
Conclusion. A programme for Christology......Page 332
1. The assumed nature as an individual substance......Page 333
2. The programme......Page 338
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