The Metaphysics of Christology in the Late Middle Ages: William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel

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Prof Richard Cross

The Metaphysics of Christology in the Late Middle Ages

William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel

Prof Richard Cross

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Oxford University Press
11 August 2023

Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Philosophy of religion; History of religion; Christianity; Christian theology

Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology

The late middle ages was a period of great speculative innovation in Christology, within the framework of a standard Christological opinion established by the Franciscan John Duns Scotus and the Dominican Hervaeus Natalis. According to this view, the Incarnation consists in some kind of dependence relationship between an individual human nature and a divine person. The Metaphysics of Christology in the Late Middle Ages: William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel explores ways in which this standard opinion was developed in the late middle ages. Theologians offered various proposals about the nature of the relationship--as a categorial relation, or an absolute quality, or even just the divine will.

Author Richard Cross also considers alternative positions: Peter Auriol's claim that the divine person is a 'quidditative termination' of the human nature; the homo assumptus theology of John Wyclif and Jan Hus; and the retrieval of a truly Thomistic Christology in the fifteenth century in the thought of John Capreolus and Denys the Carthusian. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were pre-eminently the age of nominalism, and this book examines the impact of nominalism on Christological discussions, as well as the development of Thomist and Scotist theology in the period. It also provides essential background for the correct understanding of Reformation Christology.

By: Prof Richard Cross
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 684g
ISBN: 9780198880646
ISBN 10: 0198880642
Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 11 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Abbreviations Introduction: The character of late medieval Christology I: The opinio communis 1: The tradition of Hervaeus Natalis 2: Oxford after Scotus 3: The tradition of Scotus 4: The opinio communis without real relations 5: Christological semantics and the impact of nominalism II: Alternative trajectories 6: Peter Auriol 7: Unions by perichoresis and activity 8: Homo assumptus Christologies 9: The recovery of a Thomist tradition Conclusion: Some programmes for Christology Bibliography Index

Richard Cross is John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to taking up this post in 2007, was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and a lecturer in the faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford.