Holy Scripture and the quest for authority at the end of the Middle Ages

Holy Scripture and the quest for authority at the end of the Middle Ages / Ian Christopher Levy.

All participants in late medieval debates recognized Holy Scripture as the principal authority in matters of Catholic doctrine. Popes, theologians, lawyers--all were bound by the divine truth it conveyed. Yet the church possessed no absolute means of determining the final authoritative meaning of th...

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Main Author: Levy, Ian Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2012.
Series:Reading the Scriptures.
Subjects:
Wyclif, Johannes > 1324-1384
Hus, Jan > 1369-1415
Bible > Evidences, authority, etc. > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Bible
Bibel
Bibel.
600-1500
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Authority > Religious aspects > History of doctrines
Church history > Middle Ages
Autorität
Kirche
Autorität.
Exegese.
Theologie.
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Table of Contents:
  • Facets of authority in the late Medieval church
  • Indignant master: John Wyclif
  • Ambivalent friar: William Woodford
  • Fontes : Thomas Netter
  • Falling out: Hussites and their Czech opponents
  • Approaching final authority: Gerson and the Conciliarists
  • Enduring dilemma.

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