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Exploring Medieval Thinkers: Scholastics, Humanists, and Mystics

Delve into the intellectual world of Scholastics, Humanists, and Mystics, their sources of truth, goals, methods, and paths to salvation. Discover key figures like Thomas Aquinas, Erasmus, and Meister Eckhardt.

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Exploring Medieval Thinkers: Scholastics, Humanists, and Mystics

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  1. The Scholastics

  2. The Scholastics Where?

  3. The Scholastics Where?The universities “scholastics” – in the schools

  4. The Scholastics Where? The universities -- Especially the Sorbonne (the University of Paris)

  5. The Scholastics Who?

  6. The Scholastics Who?Peter Lombard (1105-1160)

  7. The Scholastics Who?Peter Lombard (1105-1160) His book: The Sentences

  8. The Scholastics Who?Peter Lombard (1105-1160) His book: The Sentences Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

  9. The Scholastics Who?Peter Lombard (1105-1160) His book: The Sentences Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) His book: Summa Theologia

  10. The Scholastics Who?Peter Lombard (1105-1160) Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Duns Scotus (1265-1308)

  11. The Scholastics Sources of truth?

  12. The Scholastics Sources of truth? Bible

  13. The Scholastics Sources of truth? Bible Tradition (Church Fathers)

  14. The Scholastics Sources of truth? Bible Tradition (Church Fathers) ARISTOTLE (384-322 BC)

  15. The Scholastics Goal?

  16. The Scholastics Goal? To use Scripture and logic to make sense of God, man, and the world.

  17. The Scholastics Method?

  18. The Scholastics Method? Reason and dialectic

  19. The Scholastics The Way of Salvation

  20. The Scholastics The Way of Salvation “The death of Christ then justifies us, when by it love is awakened in our hearts." (Peter Lombard)

  21. The Humanists Where?

  22. The Humanists Where? Royal courts.

  23. The Humanists Who?

  24. The Humanists Who? Dante, Petrarch (early, Italian)

  25. The Humanists Who? Dante, Petrarch (early, Italian) Erasmus, Reuchlin (late, continental)

  26. The Humanists Source of truth?

  27. The Humanists Source of truth? Back to the Sources!!

  28. The Humanists Source of truth? Back to the Sources!! The Bible

  29. The Humanists Source of truth? Back to the Sources!! The Bible Classical (Greek and Latin) authors

  30. The Humanists Goal?

  31. The Humanists Goal? To get rid of myths, traditions, and silly Scholastic arguments, and get back to basic Christianity.

  32. The Humanists Goal? To get rid of myths, traditions, and silly Scholastic arguments, and get back to basic Christianity. i.e., MORALITY & ETHICS.

  33. The Humanists Method? Language and literature study

  34. The Humanists Way of Salvation Do your best, and grace will “kick in.”

  35. The Humanists Way of Salvation Do your best, and grace will “kick in.” (But righteous pagans are in heaven!)

  36. The Mystics

  37. The Mystics Who?

  38. The Mystics Who? Meister Eckhardt (1260-1327)

  39. The Mystics Who? Meister Eckhardt (1260-1327) John Tauler (1300-1361)

  40. The Mystics Where?

  41. The Mystics Where? Monasteries.

  42. The Mystics Where? Monasteries, though some were wandering preachers.

  43. The Mystics Sources of truth? Bible

  44. The Mystics Sources of truth? Bible Tradition

  45. The Mystics Sources of truth? Bible Tradition Direct illumination

  46. The Mystics Goal?

  47. The Mystics Goal? A direct, unmediated experience of God.

  48. The Mystics Method?

  49. The Mystics Method? Private prayer and contemplation.

  50. The Mystics Way of Salvation

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