Conflict and Authority: William of Saint-Thierry and Peter Abelard as Readers of Origen

This study compares how two prominent twelfth-century Latin authors and theological opponents, namely the monastic author William of Saint-Thierry (c. 1080–1148) and the school master Peter Abelard (1079–1142), variously understood the authority of the controversial yet influential Greek author Orig...

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Autor principal:	Cvetković Carmen Angela
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	auctoritates medieval reception monastic theology early cistercians medieval schools twelfth-century latin west Religion (General) BL1-50
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8410c053505d4dd8a0c08c04ee4027c82021-12-05T14:11:01ZConflict and Authority: William of Saint-Thierry and Peter Abelard as Readers of Origen2300-657910.1515/opth-2020-0181https://doaj.org/article/8410c053505d4dd8a0c08c04ee4027c82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0181https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6579This study compares how two prominent twelfth-century Latin authors and theological opponents, namely the monastic author William of Saint-Thierry (c. 1080–1148) and the school master Peter Abelard (1079–1142), variously understood the authority of the controversial yet influential Greek author Origen (c. 184–253) in their works. Modern scholars who study the reception of Origen in the twelfth-century Latin West have, to this point, spoken of an Origenian revival in this period, concluding that Origen was especially popular in the cloister, among Cistercian monks, such as Bernard of Clairvaux and his followers, like William of Saint-Thierry, based on the assumption that as monks they found his writings more relevant. This study seeks to challenge this scholarly narrative by focusing on two authors who are perceived as typifying two different strands of theology, one of a contemplative character developed in the cloister (William) and one making use of dialectics and developed in the emerging schools (Abelard). By demonstrating that the schoolmaster Abelard drew on Origen to a greater degree and in a more transparent manner than his monastic opponent, this study will show that Origen’s popularity in the cloisters was not, as such, a clear point of distinction between them and schools in the way that has usually been claimed by modern scholarship.Cvetković Carmen AngelaDe Gruyterarticleauctoritatesmedieval receptionmonastic theologyearly cisterciansmedieval schoolstwelfth-century latin westReligion (General)BL1-50ENOpen Theology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 531-554 (2021)
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description	This study compares how two prominent twelfth-century Latin authors and theological opponents, namely the monastic author William of Saint-Thierry (c. 1080–1148) and the school master Peter Abelard (1079–1142), variously understood the authority of the controversial yet influential Greek author Origen (c. 184–253) in their works. Modern scholars who study the reception of Origen in the twelfth-century Latin West have, to this point, spoken of an Origenian revival in this period, concluding that Origen was especially popular in the cloister, among Cistercian monks, such as Bernard of Clairvaux and his followers, like William of Saint-Thierry, based on the assumption that as monks they found his writings more relevant. This study seeks to challenge this scholarly narrative by focusing on two authors who are perceived as typifying two different strands of theology, one of a contemplative character developed in the cloister (William) and one making use of dialectics and developed in the emerging schools (Abelard). By demonstrating that the schoolmaster Abelard drew on Origen to a greater degree and in a more transparent manner than his monastic opponent, this study will show that Origen’s popularity in the cloisters was not, as such, a clear point of distinction between them and schools in the way that has usually been claimed by modern scholarship.
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Conflict and Authority: William of Saint-Thierry and Peter Abelard as Readers of Origen

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