“The Apostle Philosophizes”: Luther and the Critique of Metaphysics in 1515-1516

by Matthew Gaetano TRF has discussed the Protestant engagement with ancient philosophy and scholasticism quite a number of times (here, here, here, here). But we have not directly discussed Martin Luther’s engagement with the question of philosophy and its study by Christians. Luther’s famous contempt for Aristotle, especially early in his reforming career, is on… Read More “The Apostle Philosophizes”: Luther and the Critique of Metaphysics in 1515-1516

November 6, 2023December 13, 2023 Matthew Gaetano2 Comments

From him and through him and in him

by Matthew Gaetano The mysterious figure, (Pseudo-)Dionysius the Areopagite, presented himself as the convert of Paul after the Apostle’s sermon in Athens (Acts 17), where Paul taught, “in him we live and move and have our being.” In fact, Dionysius lived around the turn of the sixth century, and his writings reveal a deep engagement… Read More From him and through him and in him

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021 Matthew Gaetano1 Comment

Ramon Llull and Religious Dialogue

by Andrew Kuiper 1. Introduction Wilken nowhere claims to give an exhaustive historical survey of figures relevant to his subject. Still, after discussions of Alcuin and Gregory VII, the book suffers a discomfiting abridgement. Peter Olivi and Bartolomé de Las Casas both receive a brief treatment, but for the most part the reader is, at… Read More Ramon Llull and Religious Dialogue

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Andrew KuiperLeave a comment

Keckermann on Transubstantiation

by Matthew Gaetano For reasons that continue to perplex me, some of our readers still think that we at TRF don’t take seriously the fundamental theological debates of the Reformation. It seems to me that, while we are obviously interested in inter-confessional dialogue, we have also been quite clear about our conviction that the controversies of… Read More Keckermann on Transubstantiation

July 10, 2017 Matthew Gaetano2 Comments

Scholastic Developments on Merit: A Downward Path into Pelagianism?

The Regensburg Forum is pleased to feature a guest essay by Dr. Charles Raith II. He currently serves as the Vice President of Ethics and Mission at Mercy Health Ministry. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Religion & Philosophy at John Brown University. Introduction “The Schools have always gone from worse to worse, until at… Read More Scholastic Developments on Merit: A Downward Path into Pelagianism?

February 6, 2017September 19, 2017 Charles Raith IILeave a comment

Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: Potentia Absoluta and the Voice of Nature

by Joshua Benjamins In my last post, I highlighted the sharply divergent conceptions of the proper role of philosophy which emerge in the course of Peter Martyr Vermigli’s controversy with Johannes Brenz over the ubiquity of Christ’s glorified body. Another intriguing element of this particular debate is the way the two men appeal to divine… Read More Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: Potentia Absoluta and the Voice of Nature

October 31, 2016November 3, 2016 Joshua Benjamins1 Comment

Nature and Grace in Reformed Orthodoxy: Is there a Problem with the Narrative? (Or, on having your cake without the layers)

The Regensburg Forum is pleased to feature a series of posts by Jonathan Tomes, beginning with explorations in the development of nature and grace in Reformed Orthodox thought. Modern Reformed Protestants have not always been the most reliable on those points touching diversity in their tradition, though this historical myopia likely besets every tradition. Much… Read More Nature and Grace in Reformed Orthodoxy: Is there a Problem with the Narrative? (Or, on having your cake without the layers)

September 21, 2016September 22, 2016 Jonathan Tomes1 Comment

Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: The Proper Place of Philosophy

[Go here for part I in this series] by Joshua Benjamins In my last post, I explored one particular dimension of Peter Martyr Vermigli’s relationship with the scholastics by focusing on his use of scholastic sources in his debate with the Lutheran theologian, Johannes Brenz, over the hypostatic union of two natures in Christ and… Read More Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: The Proper Place of Philosophy

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 Joshua Benjamins1 Comment

Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: Negotiating Scholastic Sources

[This is part 1 in a series] by Joshua Benjamins The sixteenth-century Reformers maintained a rather uneasy relationship to the scholastic theologians of the Middle Ages. While the early architects of what later became known as “Reformed scholasticism” adopted much of the methodology, terminology, and theological presuppositions of the medieval Schoolmen, their appropriation of the… Read More Peter Martyr Vermigli and the Scholastic Inheritance: Negotiating Scholastic Sources

July 25, 2016July 27, 2016 Joshua Benjamins3 Comments

Post-Tridentine Scholasticism and Tertullian

by Matthew Gaetano Tertullian is famous for asking: “What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?” He then declares: “Away with all attempts to produce a mottled Christianity of Stoic, Platonic, and dialectic composition! We want no curious disputation after possessing Christ Jesus, no inquisition… Read More Post-Tridentine Scholasticism and Tertullian

July 7, 2016 Matthew Gaetano2 Comments

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History, Philosophy, and Theology in the Augustinian Tradition

Category: scholasticism