Medieval Christology

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course explores christological questions and debates arising in thirteenth-century scholastic theology. We will focus especially on the writings of Thomas Aquinas, covering such topics as the nature of the hypostatic union, the medieval reception of early Church councils, the question of the motive of the Incarnation, the instrumentality of Christ's human nature, and attendant doctrines. We will compare Aquinas's account with that of his Parisian contemporaries (e.g., Bonaventure and the Summa Halensis), as well as other notable medieval scholastics such as Robert Grosseteste.