Cur Homo? : a history of the thesis of man as a replacement for fallen angels /

Novotny, Vojtech,

Cur Homo? : a history of the thesis of man as a replacement for fallen angels / Vojtěch Novotný ; English translation by Pavlína and Tim Morgan. - 1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; I. Origins: the church fathers; 1. Sources; 2. Augustine of Hippo; 3. Before Augustine; 4. Between Augustine and Gregory; 5. Gregory the Great; II. Consolidation: the early middle ages; 1. Eph 1:10; 2. Luke 15:8-10; 3. Luke 2:14; 4. Mark 16:1-7; 5. Rev 11:13; 6. The Missal; 7. Canon law; 8. The tithe; 9. The number of the saved; 10. Other references; III. Crisis: the eleventh and twelfth centuries; 1. Anselm of Canterbury; 2. The school of Laon; 3. Rupert of Deutz; 4. Honorius of Autun ; IV. Decline: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. 1. Authors from the monastic tradition2. Hugh of St. Victor; 3. Summa sententiarum; 4. Alcher of Clairvaux; 5. Peter Lombard; 6. The influence of Lombard's Sententiae; 7. Albert the Great; 8. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio; 9. Thomas Aquinas ; Conclusion; Resume; Bibliography; 1. Abbreviations; 2. Electronic sources; 3. Primary sources; 4. Secondary literature; Index of proper names.

This monograph has set itself the goal to examine, outline, elucidate, and supplement the existing body of knowledge concerning a theme from patristic and medieval theology recalled in 1953 by Marie-Dominique Chenu, and that is the assertion that man was created as a replacement for fallen angels (Yves Congar: créature de remplacement; Louis Bouyer: ange de remplacement). The study first shows that the idea of man having being created to take the place of fallen angels was introduced by St. Augustine and developed by other church fathers. It then identifies the typical contexts in which the su.

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Theological anthropology--Christianity--History--To 1500.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Anthropology.
Theological anthropology--Christianity.


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