Jean Gerson - apostle of unity : : his church politics and ecclesiology / / G. H. M. Posthumus Meyjes ; translated by J. C. Grayson.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 94
• VerfasserIn: Posthumus Meyjes, G. H. M.
• TeilnehmendeR: Grayson, J. C.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 94.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (465 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- PART ONE GERSON'S CHURCH POLITICS -- Chapter One Gerson and the ecclesiastical policy of the University of Paris until 1395 -- Chapter Two First years as Chancellor of the University, 1395-1398 -- Chapter Three On the basis of substraction, 1398-1403 -- Chapter Four Obedience restored, 1403-1406 -- Chapter Five On the way to the Council of Pisa, 1406-1408 -- Chapter Six Gerson and the Council of Pisa, 1409 -- Chapter Seven From Pisa to the Council of Constance, 1409-1418 -- PART TWO GERSON'S ECCLESIOLOGY -- Chapter Eight Church and Law -- 1. Theology and Canon law -- 2. Lex divina-lex naturalis-lex humana -- 3. The concept of epikie -- Chapter Nine Church, Hierarchy, and General Council I: The treatise De potestate ecclesiastica et de origine iuris et legum -- 1. Ecclesiastical power A -- 1. Power of order -- a. super corpus Christi verum -- b. super corpus Christi mysticum -- 2. Power of Jurisdiction -- a. inforo interiori -- b. inforo exteriori -- 2. Ecclesiastical power B -- 1. Ecclesiastical power in the absolute sense -- 2. Ecclesiastical power in the material sense -- 3. Ecclesiastical power in the executive sense -- 3. Plenitude of ecclesiastical power -- 1. Plenitudo potestatis in respect to the papal office -- 2. Plenitudo potestatis in respect to the Church -- 3. Plenitudo potestatis in respect to the State and the temporal possessions of the Church -- Chapter Ten Church, Hierarchy, and General Council II: The essentials of Gerson's ecclesiology -- 1. The hierarchy of the Church as totality -- 2. The Cosmos and the State as mystical bodies -- 3. The Church as a mystical body -- 4. General Council and infallibility -- Chapter Eleven Church, Scriptures, and Tradition.

1. The general interpretation of the Scriptures -- 2. Church, Scriptures, and Tradition in the anti-heretical treatises -- 3. Church, Scriptures, and Tradition in the catalogue of the faith -- 4. The Church and the Doctors -- 5. Scriptures and Theology -- Chapter Twelve The Sources of Gerson's ecclesiology -- 1. Marsilius of Padua and Dietrich of Niem -- 2. Ockham -- 3. Ockhamists -- a. Pierre d'Ailly -- b. Conrad of Gelnhausen and Henry of Langenstein -- 4. John of Paris -- 5. Bonaventure -- 6. Durand of St Pourçain -- 7. Henry of Ghent -- 8. The Curialists -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- I. The author of the treatise De concilio unius oboedientiae -- II. The dating of the Liber de vita spirituali animae -- III. Whom did Gerson hold up to Benedict XIII as a warning example in his sermon Apparuit gratia Dei -- IV. The dating of the sermon Vade in pace -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Index of Biblical texts -- Index of legal texts -- Index of works of Gerson -- Index of persons -- Index of subjects, terms, and expressions -- Studies In the History of Christian Thought.