John Wyclif - De Scientia Dei

Critical edition of De scientia Dei by John Wyclif, one of the most brilliant teachers at Oxford after the Great Death. The tract deals with important theological questions about God's knowledge and human free will. A detailed introduction contextualises the tract within Wyclif's own theological and philosophical development.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1: The Place of the De scientia Dei in the Summa de ente


• 2: The Manuscript Tradition and Editorial Principles


• 3: Presentation of the Text


• 4: The Main Themes of John Wyclif's De scientia Dei


• 5: Bibliography


• DE SCIENTIA DEI


• Index Locorum Scripturarum


• Index Auctorum


• Index Nominum


• Index Rerum Potiorum

About the author

Luigi Campi (PhD 2011) is Research Fellow in History of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Milan. His areas of research are in medieval theology and philosophy, with particular interest in the thought of John Wyclif and his legacy in Central Europe. He is also interested in the study of doctrinal and textual influences across literary traditions (philosophy, theology, canon law). He is actually working on a volume devoted to philosophical debates at the Prague Faculty of Arts around 1409, also including some hitherto unedited texts of Bohemian Wycliffites.

Summary

Critical edition of De scientia Dei by John Wyclif, one of the most brilliant teachers at Oxford after the Great Death. The tract deals with important theological questions about God's knowledge and human free will. A detailed introduction contextualises the tract within Wyclif's own theological and philosophical development.

Product details

• Authors: Luigi (Researcher in History of Medieval Ph Campi
• Assisted by: Luigi Campi (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2018
• EAN: 9780197266205
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726620-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Theism, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Nature & existence of God, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine