The Position of the General Chapters of the Dominican Brothers Towards the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Question of Immaculate Conception

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNawracała, Tomasz
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T12:08:27Z
dc.date.available2025-02-04T12:08:27Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe doctrine of Thomas Aquinas was formally adopted as the official teaching of the entire Dominican Order. Throughout the 13th and 14th centuries, general chapters placed significant emphasis on the importance of adhering to Aquinas’ views. They were deemed essential not only to maintain continuity within the orthodox tradition of the Church but also to foster unity within the entire order. Among the topics that sparked debate among medieval theologians was the conception of Mary. While Bernard of Clairvaux and the Dominicans rejected the idea of Mary’s immaculate conception, the Franciscans, led by figures like John Duns Scotus, advocated for it. This article highlights the stance taken by the Dominican general chapters in defence of Thomas’ views. Initially, in the 14th century, there were general indications supporting the maculistic understanding of Mary’s conception, but this stance shifted over time. By the 15th century, the Dominicans were compelled to embrace the immaculistic concept. The delayed promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the mid-19th century underscores the complexity and unresolved nature of theological discussions throughout the medieval period.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported by the National Science Centre, Poland, under grant agreement OPUS 21 No. 2021/41/B/HS1/02002 entitled: “The position of the Dominicans towards the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (13th-16th Centuries).”
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2024, T. 42, nr 3, s. 521-543
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.17361
dc.identifier.issn2451-280X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/8295
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectThomas Aquinas
dc.subjectDominicans
dc.subjectgeneral chapters
dc.subjectImmaculate Conception
dc.subjectMary
dc.subjectdoctrine
dc.titleThe Position of the General Chapters of the Dominican Brothers Towards the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Question of Immaculate Conception
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Nawracala_The_position_of_the_general_chapters_of_the_dominican_brothers_towards_the_teaching_of_st._thomas_aquinas_and_the_question_of_Immaculate_Conception.pdf
Size:
333.68 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.81 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections
Verbum Vitae, 2024, T. 42, Nr 3: The Mother of the Lord Present in the Church: Theological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives