Scholasticism

Anselm of Canterbury

Medieval Theologians

The Benedictine archbishop who sought “faith seeking understanding” and taught that Christ’s death made satisfaction to God.

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John Duns Scotus

Medieval Theologians

The Franciscan “subtle doctor” who taught the primacy of God’s will and championed the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

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Medieval Theologians

Medieval Church

Short sketches of the major medieval theologians from Patrick to William of Ockham, and their contributions to Roman Catholic and Reformation theology.

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Peter Abelard

Medieval Theologians

The brilliant Paris teacher who pioneered scholastic method and taught the moral influence theory of the atonement.

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Peter Lombard

Medieval Theologians

The author of the Sentences, the textbook of medieval theology, who fixed the number of the sacraments at seven.

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Thomas Aquinas

Medieval Theologians

The greatest theologian of the Middle Ages, whose synthesis of Aristotle and Christian doctrine became Rome’s official theology.

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William of Ockham

Medieval Theologians

The English Franciscan whose nominalism shaped the late medieval schools and who held Scripture to be the only infallible authority.

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