Medieval Trinitarian Thought from Aquinas to Ockham
Russell L. Friedman
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Paperback. A survey of the scholastic debate on the divine Trinity in the period between Aquinas' earliest works and Ockham's death. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
How can the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be distinct and yet identical? Prompted by the doctrine of the divine Trinity, this question sparked centuries of lively debate. In the current context of renewed interest in Trinitarian theology, Russell L. Friedman provides the first survey of the scholastic discussion of the Trinity in the 100-year period stretching from Thomas Aquinas' earliest works to William Ockham's death. Tracing two central issues - the attempt to explain how the three persons are distinct from each other but identical as God, and the application to the Trinity of a 'psychological model', ... Read more
How can the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be distinct and yet identical? Prompted by the doctrine of the divine Trinity, this question sparked centuries of lively debate. In the current context of renewed interest in Trinitarian theology, Russell L. Friedman provides the first survey of the scholastic discussion of the Trinity in the 100-year period stretching from Thomas Aquinas' earliest works to William Ockham's death. Tracing two central issues - the attempt to explain how the three persons are distinct from each other but identical as God, and the application to the Trinity of a 'psychological model', ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107685451
SKU
V9781107685451
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About Russell L. Friedman
Russell L. Friedman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Reviews for Medieval Trinitarian Thought from Aquinas to Ockham
Review of the hardback: 'This brilliant book uncovers a key phase in the history of Trinitarian doctrine, from ca. 1250 to 1350. It discusses a number of thinkers whose works have remained largely unknown outside of a small group of specialists, and in doing so dispels the view that there was no significant Trinitarian development after Bonaventure, Aquinas and Duns ... Read more