Divine Power: The Medieval Power Distinction Up to its Adoption by Albert, Bonaventure, and Aquinas

Clarendon Press (1994)
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Abstract

This is a radically new interpretation of the nature of the power of God, as understood by such thinkers as Aquinas in the Middle Ages. The book provides a clear and illuminating discussion of their arguments, focusing on the distinction they made between so-called 'absolute' and 'ordained' divine power. It is full of important insights into the work of some of the key thinkers of the period, and also challenges modern theologians with the relevance and importance of these ideas today.

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Early Use of the Distinction: By the Pupils of the Masters

This chapter examines the earliest available passages in which the Power Distinction itself is being recognisably used. Towards the twelfth century appears a new class, of magistri: in the feudal world but not quite of it, tonsured as a rule but not to be regarded as clerics first and fore... see more

The Earlier Medieval Power Distinction

Elements of an appreciation can now be put together. This involves locating the Distinction in its genre, drawing attention to salient features of the circumstances in which it was used, and providing the bones of an analysis. It concludes the account of how the earlier medieval Power Dist... see more

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