
The Metaphysics of the Incarnation
Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus
Richard Cross(Author)
Oxford University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 31. March 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-19-898214-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a complete account of the metaphysical aspects of Christology in Western theology, during the years from 1250 to 1310. This period is the most significant for the theology of the middle ages, beginning with Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas, and ending with Duns Scotus. The book opens with an extensive treatment of the different theories of the union between Christ's human nature and the second person of the Trinity: primarily that of Bonaventure, according to which the union is a kind of dependence relationship, and that of Aquinas, according to which the union consists in a sharing of the divine being with a human nature. The work proceeds to outline various theories that attempt to explain why it is that a human nature assumed to union with a divine person should not itself count as a person. It makes it clear that these theories about subsistence correspond to different accounts of the union. A final part deals with three issues: what the feature is of a divine person that makes it possible for this person to be united to a human nature (be it the person's divine nature, or the personal property that distinguishes the divine person from other such persons); and the question of Christological predication, as a prelude to, thirdly, a treatment of Christ's human activity.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-898214-2 (9780198982142)
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Richard Cross, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Communion and mereology: Aquinas and his early followers
Chapter 2: Communion and accidentality: Henry of Ghent and Giles of Rome
Chapter 3: Dependence and accidentality (1): Franciscans from Bonaventure to William of Ware
Chapter 4: Dependence and accidentality (2): Duns Scotus and his Franciscan contemporaries
Chapter 5: Dependence and accidentality (3): Dominicans and others
Chapter 6: Esse theories
Chapter 7: Negation theories (1): Bonaventure to William of Ware
Chapter 8: Negation theories (2): Duns Scotus and his Franciscan contemporaries
Chapter 9: Linguistic theories
Chapter 10: A Trinitarian question
Chapter 11: The semantics of Christological predication
Chapter 12: Instrumentality and Christ's human activity
Chapter 13: Dogmatic and systematic postscript
Chapter 1: Communion and mereology: Aquinas and his early followers
Chapter 2: Communion and accidentality: Henry of Ghent and Giles of Rome
Chapter 3: Dependence and accidentality (1): Franciscans from Bonaventure to William of Ware
Chapter 4: Dependence and accidentality (2): Duns Scotus and his Franciscan contemporaries
Chapter 5: Dependence and accidentality (3): Dominicans and others
Chapter 6: Esse theories
Chapter 7: Negation theories (1): Bonaventure to William of Ware
Chapter 8: Negation theories (2): Duns Scotus and his Franciscan contemporaries
Chapter 9: Linguistic theories
Chapter 10: A Trinitarian question
Chapter 11: The semantics of Christological predication
Chapter 12: Instrumentality and Christ's human activity
Chapter 13: Dogmatic and systematic postscript