Jean Gerson - apostle of unity : : his church politics and ecclesiology /

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

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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)
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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.

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