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adopted sonship, as analogy 176-87
adoption, Eckhart on 177-8, 179
Aertsen, J.A. 9
Albert of Cologne
Aristotle, dissemination of 41-2, 44
De divinis nominibus, lectures on 51
master of theology 41
Albigensian Crusade 28
Alexander of Hales 37
analogy
adopted sonship as 176-87
Aquinas
Eckhart, differences 10-11
in Summa theologiae 102, 147-51
art of 13
Christian life as 193-203
and Creator-creature distinction 11, 14-22, 17, 65, 157
dialectical 12
doctrine as 168-87
Eckhart’s use of 12-13, 17, 157-68, 181-2
meaning 147
of proportion 150
reverse 11
as silence 187-9
Trinity as 172-6
types of 11
see also language-use
Ancelet-Hustache, Jeanne 56, 57-8, 58
Anselm, St
Meditationes 33
Orationes 33
Proslogion 107
Aquinas, Thomas, St
Artistotelianism 9
first principles notion 78
Dominican Order, influence on 44-56
Eckhart
comparison 8-10, 13, 27-8, 161
influence on 60-62
exegetical style 45
on human intellect 164
on knowing about God 4
on knowledge 76-7
Platonism, appropriation of 51
preaching
contribution to 55
popularity 59
Psalms, significance of 52
science, understanding of 71-2, 77
studies 44
teaching, San Domenico 52
theology, negative approach to 101
Torrell on 63-4
works
Johannine commentary 46-7
Scriptum super libros Sententiarum 37, 55
see also Summa theologiae
Ardley, Gavin 148
Aristotle
Albert of Cologne, dissemination by 41-2
first principles, notion 78
influence on Dominican Order 40
works
De animalibus 41
Ethica 41
Atistotelianism, Aquinas 9
Augustine, St
“restless heart” journey 3, 66
Burrell, David viii, ix, 10, 13
Cantor, Peter 39
Cavalcanti, Aldobrandino 55
Chalcedon formula (hypostatic union) 145, 154, 176, 177, 185
charity, and the will 88-9
Christian life
as analogy 193-203
contemporary developments 198-201
liturgy 198-201
and knowing God 203
in late Middle Ages 196-8
Christian message
protection of 153
transmission 153
Christianity
and Neoplatonism 154
pagan religions, difference 16
Cologne
Heilige Kreuz convent 41
Comestor, Peter, Historia scholastica 32
contemplation
notion of 67
as study 7, 45-6, 51, 56, 62, 63, 67, 87
Creator-creature relationship
analogy 11, 14-22, 17, 65, 157
causality 21-2
distinction 11, 14-22, 148, 160
Eckhart 11-12, 93-4, 158-9, 159-60, 181-2, 192-3
efficient causality 131
and existence of God 109-10
goodness 133
identification 93-4, 184-5, 192
inquantum principle 185-6
metaphors
master/exploding 169-71
ordinary 169
non-contrastiveness 90, 97-8, 160
nothingness of creature 173-4, 180, 186
proportioning 144, 146, 161, 162, 167
Creed, Nicene-Constantinople 153
de Mello, Anthony
Sadhana, A Way to God vii
The Way to Love vii
detached intellection, Eckhart’s use of 7, 157, 161, 172, 181, 185, 193, 194
disputation (quaestio)
doctrine
as analogy 168-87
etymology 76
purpose 168
Legenda 29
Dominican education 28, 30-32, 33-43
contemplation as study 45-6, 51, 56, 62, 63, 67, 87
conventual theological education 36-43
curriculum 34
disputation (quaestio) 37-8, 63
teaching of 39
repetition 63
repetition/review 38
sensus moralis, development of 36-7
studia provincialia 34
studium artium 34-5
Summa theologiae in 53-6
theology schools, foundation 41
Dominican Order 4
Aquinas’ influence 44-56
Aristotelian influence 40
confession, importance of 39-40
establishment 28
novices, formation of 32-3
as preaching ministry 29, 30, 62
theology, syllabus 32
Dulles, Avery, Models of the Church 201
ecclesiologies, Vatican II (1962-65) 201-2
Eckhart, Meister
and Creator-creature relationship 157, 158-9, 159-60, 181-2
Aquinas
comparison 8-10, 13, 27-8, 161
influence of 60-62
background 56-60
Book of Sirach, commentary 157, 159, 163, 165, 166-7, 167-8
Counsels on Discernment 7
Creator-creature relationship 11-12, 93-4, 158-9, 159-60, 181-2, 192-3
deification language 162
detached intellection, use of 7, 157, 161, 172, 181, 185, 193, 194
detachment, recommendation 5-6
education 57
emanation language, use 6
exitus/reditus schema 52, 155, 156, 160, 172-3, 176-7
Forman on 61-2
on God as Intelligere 7
heresy
accusation of 59-60
defense 60-61
on human intellect 163, 164, 183
inquantum principle 185-6
John’s Gospel, commentary on 177, 179-80, 180-81, 183
living without a why 194-5, 198, 203
Master in Sacred Theology 57
metaphysics, metaphorical nature of 169
modes of speaking 12
“nothing” terminology, use of 156
On Detachment 181
as preacher 8
prior, Erfurt house 57
Provincial Minister of Saxony 58
scholarship on 8
sermons, on Ephesians 6-7
on silence 187-9
on thinking about God 6
and The Trinity 21, 156, 172-6
“universes of Discourse,” creation of 154, 157
“unknowing” 157
Vicar, Thuringia house 57
Vicar General of Bohemia 58
Vicar General of Saxony 58
on the Word 177-8
ecumenism, analogical nature of 202-3
equivocation, and univocation 132, 149, 151
eternity
concept, in Summa theologiae 139-40
and God 115-16, 123, 130, 139, 163
meaning 138
of the Word 20
The Eucharist
liturgy
changes
contemporary 198-9
Middle Ages 197
in the vernacular 200
and transubstantiation 196-7
evil, and existence of God 111
exitus/reditus schema
Aquinas 50, 51, 53, 68, 69, 70, 107, 122, 154
Eckhart 52, 155, 156, 160, 172-3, 176-7
faith
belief, distinction 85
and certitude 83
and demonstration 86-7
in God 83-5
and the intellect 93
journey of 191
use of narrative 192
Marthaler on 99
and metaphor 99
Forman, Robert, on Eckhart 61-2
Gilby, Thomas 76
Gnosticism 153
God
attributes 125-6
creation of world 174
as Creator 21
see also Creator-creature
and eternity 115-16, 123, 130, 139, 163
existence 70, 71-100, 103-22, 104-5, 108, 174-5
and Creator-creature relationship 109-10
and evil 111
and order of creation 120
see also Summa theologiae, “Five Ways”
faith in 83-5
immutability, and change 3-4, 112, 163
incomprehensibility 19, 65, 102, 110, 111, 128, 133-4, 141-51
and grace 143
independence of the world 15-17
knowing 143-7
Aquinas on 4
and Christian life 203
and sacred doctrine 107
nature of, and Scripture 68
Oneness 173
Scripture, author of 96-7
speaking about
analogy 147-51
anthropomorphism 124
autobiographically 4
and Christian life forms 65-6
intrinsic connection 142
and metaphor 99
and preaching 64
purpose 2
and Scripture 91-100
and speaking to 1-2
and knowing God 2
necessity for 3
thinking about, Eckhart on 6
transcendence-in-immanence 17-18, 21, 25, 102-3, 127, 129, 153-4, 159, 160, 175
Wisdom of 164-5
see also Creator-creature relationship
grace
and God’s incomprehensibility 143
and human intellect 164
Haas, Alois 169
Hugh of Fouilloy, De claustro animae 33
Hugh of St-Cher 45
Hugh of St-Victor 37
Didascalicon 33
human intellect
Aquinas on 164
and grace 164
Humbert of Romans 29
hypostatic union see Chalcedon formula (hypostatic union)
Jenkins, John 47
Jesus Christ
human condition, identification with 185
immanent-yet-transcendent 177
John of St Albans 36
John of St Giles 36
John XXII, Pope, ‘In agro dominico’ 59-60
Kelley, Carl Franklin 9
Kenny, Anthony 105, 111-12, 113
Klubertanz, George 21
knowledge
Aquinas on 76-7
nature of 76
as potential 77
and sacred doctrine 93
Köbele, Susanne 169
LaCugna, Catherine Mowry viii
language-use
analogical 14-15
non-contrastive 15, 17-22, 65, 102, 127
role 141
Scripture 95-6
in Summa theologiae 99-100, 102
see also analogy
living, without a why, Eckhart 194-5, 198, 203
Logos see Word
Lombard, Peter
Aquinas
dissatisfaction with 53
organization 37
as textbook 37
Lossky, Vladimir 12
Maimonides 110
God’s attributes 125-6
negative theology 123-6
on faith 99
Merton, Thomas, Zen and the Birds of Appetite vii
metaphor
Creator-creature relationship 169-71
and faith 99
and God, speaking about, and knowing 99
metaphysics
sacred doctrine, distinction 101
Summa theologiae as 71, 82, 104
Moevs, Christian viii, ix
Mojsisch, Burkhard 11
Mulchahey, M. Michèle 35, 50, 53
“First the Bow is Bent in Study” 28
on preacher training 39
Naples, studium generale 44
Neoplatonism 153
Aquinas’ appropriation of 51
and Christianity 154
participation notion 161
pagan religions, Christianity, difference 16
Paris University, St Jacques school 32, 34, 36
theological pre-eminence 30
philosophy
sacred doctrine, distinction 75
theology, split 43
preaching
Aquinas’ contribution to 55
in Dominican education 36, 38-40, 62
Dominicans as preaching ministry 29, 30, 62
and faith 1
new way of 55-6
salvation through 27-8, 29, 33, 49, 64, 67
and speaking about God 64
training for 39
Preller, Victor 75-6, 89, 105, 106, 114, 121
Proclus
Elementatio theologica 49
Liber de causis 51
Pseudo-Dionysius
Aquinas’ borrowings from 101
De divinis nominibus 49-50, 50-51
Albert of Cologne’s lectures on 51
sacred doctrine
aim 107
first principles 79
revealed 81
undemonstrability of 80
and knowing about God 107
and knowledge 93
metaphysics, distinction 101
philosophy, distinction 75
purpose 93
and Revelation 86
and salvation 103
as science 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 81
scope of 73
Summa theologiae 75
and sacred doctrine 103
through preaching 27-8, 29, 33, 49, 64
and Scripture 67
Sansedoni, Ambrogio 55
science (scientia)
Aquinas’ understanding of 71-2, 77
Aristotelian, and Revelation 72
meaning 69
sacred doctrine as 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 81
as way of knowing 77
Scripture
and contemplation as study 67
God as author of 96-7
mediating role 5
narrative 67-9
and nature of God 68
and speaking about God 91-100
theology, source of 67, 70, 71-100, 73, 91-2, 96, 107
Second Vatican Council (1962-65) vii, 196, 198
Dogmatic constitution on the Church 201-2
ecclesiologies 201-2
silence
analogy as 187-9
Eckhart on 187-9
Sokolowski, Robert 14, 15-16, 17, 18, 141
Soskice, Janet Martin 97-8, 98, 99
Staensby, Alexander 36
study, contemplation as 45-6, 51, 56, 62, 63, 67, 87
and Scripture 67
Summa theologiae (Aquinas) viii, 4, 5, 21, 28, 33, 37, 43, 47
in Dominican curriculum 53-6
eternity, concept 139-40
exitus/reditus schema 50, 51, 53, 68, 69, 70, 107, 122, 154
faith
and certitude 83
and demonstration 86-7
and the intellect 93
and reason 81-91
the “Five Ways” 104, 106, 110-22, 194
act and potency 112
cause and effect 112-14
design 105
governance of the world 120-21
gradation 116-20
and inquiry about God 121
motion 111-12
possibility and necessity 115-16
God’s existence 70, 71-100, 103-22, 104-5, 108
as Creator 109
and essence 106, 107, 108, 132, 163
manner of 123-41
measure of all things 129
oneness 140-41
perfection 123, 129, 130-31, 132, 147
narrative, use of 192
non-contrastiveness 69-71, 74, 82, 87, 156, 161, 192
as pedagogical work 71
as philosophical treatise 71
prima pars 31, 44, 48, 50, 69, 70
prima secundae 146
purpose 53
sacred doctrine
metaphysics, distinction 101
and Revelation 86
and salvation 103
Scripture
language-use 95-6
narrative 67-9
source of theology 70, 71-100, 107
secunda pars 48
tertia pars 52
theology as science 74-8
Tanner, Kathryn 18, 18-19, 20, 25, 101, 141, 160, 193
Te Velde, Rudi 119
teaching, medieval method 76
theology
atonement, contrastiveness 196
etymology 91
nature of 72-3
negative 167
of Maimonides 123-6
philosophy, split 43
purpose of 4-5, 23-4, 63-4, 73, 92, 101, 141
Scriptural source 67, 70, 73, 91-2, 96
time, and eternity 20-21, 116, 139, 139-40, 163
Tobin, Frank 9
Torrell, Jean-Pierre 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 51
on Aquinas 63-4
Toscanella, Aldobrandino da 55
transubstantiation
contrastive interpretations 197
and The Eucharist 196-7
non-contrastiveness 199-200
origins 196
as analogy 172-6
Turner, Denys 151
universities, medieval 42-3
univocation, and equivocation 132, 149, 151
Vatican II see Second Vatican Council (1962-65)
Weisheipl, James 46
the will, and charity 88-9
William of Moerbeke, translation
Aristotelian corpus 40-41
Elementatio theologica (Proclus) 49
William of Tournai, De instructione puerorum 32
wisdom
dwelling in 194
meditating on 188
Wolfson, Harry Austryn 125
The Word (Logos)
creation, role in 182
eternity of 20
incarnate
and God’s Idea 184
and God’s revelation 183
and redemption 181