Deus ut tentus vel visus
Subtitle: die Debatte um die Seligkeit im reflexiven Akt (ca. 1293-1320)
By: von Thomas Jeschke
Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters -- Bd. 104; Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters -- Bd. 104.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: ger; lat
Number of pages: 862
ISBN-13: 9789004191877
Subjects: God (Christianity); Knowableness; History of doctrines; Holiness; Catholic Church
Description: "In his Sentences Commentary (published ca. 1320), the Carmelite John Baconthorp discusses the question of whether beatitude is a reflexive act. He refers to John of Paris's view in which beatitude is an act of knowing that we possess God and Durandus of St. Pourçain's view that it is knowing that we know God. The object of the first is God as possessed (Deus ut tentus) and the second is God as known (Deus ut visus). Taking Baconthorp's account as a starting point, the present study adopts a threefold approach: First it analyzes Baconthorp's text on its own terms. Next it reconstructs the 13th/14th-century debate on the basis of the original sources. Finally it compares Baconthorp's narration with the historical positions, drawing further conclusions about Baconthorp's specific methodology."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis--Universität zu Köln and Universita del Salento, Lecce, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In German.