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Cyril of Alexandria
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Century: 5th
Event: Council of Chalcedon accepted Cyril’s and Theodore’s Christology but not that of Nestorius Thought: Hypostatic Union – Christ has two natures but they are joined in such a way as to be indistinguishableStory: he fought long to get all Antiochene Christology banned, but in the end agreed to live and let live, except Nestorius |
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Benedict
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Century: 6th
Event: he destroyed pagan shrines on his chosen retreat on Montecassino Thought: obedience to God and Abbot, giving up your own will to your spiritual leaderStory: in writing The Rule he drew from all the previous rules and formed a moderate consensus |
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Gregory the Great
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Century: 6th
Event: left to defend Rome alone, he bought off the Ostrogoths from sacking Rome using church funds Thought: he encouraged relics, asceticism, and missionsStory: Gregory was the son of a Roman senator and rose to praetor at an early age. He was also the grandson of Pope Felix III. He could have been a very successful statesman but chose to be an ascetic and churchman |
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Charlemagne
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Century: 9th
Event: Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor of Rome on Christmas, 800 Thought: revived the study of canon law and ScriptureStory: Charlemagne oversaw the Carolingian Renaissance and though crowned by a pope felt that bishops should be subject to their secular overlords |
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Anselm
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Century: 11th
Event: wrote the Proslogion as a deductive argument from effect to cause for the existence of God (ontological argument) Thought: developed substitutionary atonement in commercial terms of satisfaction: Christ paid the debt we could not payStory: this Italian became Archbishop of Canterbury (England) but was best known for his theological reflection |
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Peter Lombard
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Century: 12th
Event: wrote the Sentences which became the norm for theological reflection Thought: emphasized seven sacraments Story: as teacher at the University of Paris, Peter the Lombard represents a new norm of theology being centered in the universities rather than in the bishops |
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Francis of Assisi
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Century: 13th
Event: founded Franciscan Order (and Poor Clares and Tertiaries) as monastic reform Thought: he urged poverty, chastity and obedient service, as well as public preaching and missionary workStory: Francis was the son of a wealthy merchant who turned from his wealth to serve the poor. He did not at first intend the order, it grew around him, then he led it. |
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Thomas Aquinas
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Century: 13th
Event: Aristotle’s writings are reintroduced in the west from Islam Thought: through reason and observation one can build a natural theology that parallels revealed theologyStory: called the “dumb ox” in school for his slowness of thought, he came to be known as the “angelic doctor” in later life for his meticulous reasoning. (His analogies came to be know as Thomisms) |
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John Duns Scotus
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Century: 13th
Event: wrote (yet another) commentary on the Sentences Thought: Scotus emphasized will over reason and ontology over analogy. Story: This scholastic Franciscan came to be known as the “subtle doctor” on account of theological distinctions where he pulled together the Neo-Platonic Augustine and the Aristotelian Thomas and everyone between. (His doctrines of being came to be known as Scotisms) |
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Julian of Norwich
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Century: 14th
Event: while near death from sickness she saw 16 visions which she recorded as Revelations of Divine Love Thought: everything has being through the love of GodStory: her writings were largely ignored until the 19th century renewed interest in spirituality when they were discovered to be rich in the theology of God’s personal love and atonement: All shall be well, All shall be well, And all manner of thing shall be well |
