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The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300)

Jaroslav Pelikan

Volume 3 of a comprehensive five-volume history of Christian doctrine development, examining medieval theological thought and church teaching from 600-1300 CE, organized topically around doctrinal evolution rather than individual theologians.

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God & Work

What this book knows

Medieval theology's seven centuries of doctrinal argument forged the West's defining rational account of God, salvation, and the Church.

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The doctrine of a priest consists in two things, namely, purity of faith and honesty of morals.
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When 'accidents' became standard vocabulary, the way was prepared for the definitive dogma of transubstantiation.
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The predestinarians stressed grace's primacy as the divine initiative for the beginning of faith and salvation.
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It was proper to direct a rational defense of the faith only against the impious, demonstrating how irrational it is to despise us.
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One must distinguish between times, since what has been allowed at one time is found to have been prohibited at another.
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Peter Lombard's most consistent response was to refer to the transcendence and incomprehensibility of truth about God.
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