Some later medieval theories of the Eucharist : Thomas Aquinas, Gilles of Rome, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham /

Some later medieval theories of the Eucharist : Thomas Aquinas, Gilles of Rome, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham /

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How can the body and blood of Christ, without ever leaving heaven, come to be really present on eucharistic altars where the bread and wine still seem to be? Marilyn McCord Adams examines how this question and its answer engaged 13th and 14th century philosophical theologians

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Marilyn McCord
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
Oxford ; New York : 2010
Oxford : 2010
Subjects:
Duns Scotus, John, > approximately 1266-1308
Giles, > of Assisi, > -1262
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274
William, > of Ockham, > approximately 1285-approximately 1349
600-1500
Middle Ages, 600-1500
Lord's Supper > Catholic Church > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Lord's Supper > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Lords Supper > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Eucharistie
History
Lord's Supper
Lord's Supper > Catholic Church
Lord's Supper > Catholic Church > History of doctrines
Lord's Supper > Middle Ages
Table of Contents:
  • Aristotelian preliminaries
  • pt. 1. Why sacraments? Sacraments : what, why, and wherefore?
  • Sacramental causality : "effecting what they figure!"
  • pt. 2. The metaphysics and physics of real presence. Explaining the presence, identifying the change
  • Duns Scotus on placement problems
  • Duns Scotus on two types of transubstantiation
  • Remodeling with Ockham Accidents without substance : Aquinas and Giles of Rome
  • Independent accidents : Scotus and Ockham
  • Theology provoking philosophy
  • pt. 3. What sort of union? Eucharistic eating and drinking
  • Sacraments, why ceasing?

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