Apr 24, 2025
The usual textbook of theology in medieval universities was
the Sentences by Peter Lombard, bishop of Paris from
1095-1160. This assortment systematically organized the theological
judgments of Scripture and the Church Fathers on varied matters.
For nearly 4 centuries, these in search of increased credentials in
theology needed to examine, train, and touch upon Lombard’s
Sentences. It was formative for the likes of St. Thomas
Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Over time, the style of commentaries
on the Sentences turned its personal car for brand spanking new
developments in theology. The Sentences was not changed
by Aquinas’s Summa as a regular textbook till the sixteenth
century.
Thinker Philipp Rosemann has written two books on the
Sentences and its significance for the event of
theology. The primary,
Peter Lombard (2004), is about Lombard and his e book.
The second,
The Story of a Nice Medieval E-book: Peter Lombard’s
“Sentences” (2007), is in regards to the commentary custom on
the Sentences. Rosemann offers fascinating insights into the
improvement as theology as a scientific science, which had profound
ramifications for Catholic non secular life and the historical past of the
West.
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