Reform, Representation and Theology in Nicholas of Cusa and His Age
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Author_Gerald Christianson
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Cardinal Cesarini
Cardinal Giuliano Cesarini
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Catholic Concordance
christological debates
Coercive Jurisdiction
Conciliar Movement
Conciliar Theories
conciliar theory
Congregatio Fidelium
Constance Decree
council of basel theological controversies
De Coniecturis
De Docta Ignorantia
Decree Haec Sancta
Dense
Docta Ignorantia
ecumenical dialogue
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Giuliano Cesarini
God's Face
God’s Face
Haec Sancta
Learned Ignorance
medieval church reform
mystical philosophy
Mystical Theology
papal authority
Plenitudo Potestatis
Pope Eugenius IV
Quod Omnes Tangit
Status Ecclesiae
Universitas Fidelium
Violated
Young Men
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- ISBN 9781138375871
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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While most works on Nicholas of Cusa concentrate either on his early career as author of the monumental 'Catholic Concordance' or on his later career as writer of remarkable philosophical/theological works such as 'On Learned Ignorance' and 'The Vision of God', the essays included here attempt to address the whole Cusanus, sharing common contexts, issues and themes. Following chapters on the legacy of conciliarism and ecumenicity, the story begins with the Council of Basel for which Cusanus wrote 'The Catholic Concordance', but from which he broke away, raising issues of private conscience as well as the balance between papal authority and representative councils in the pursuit of reform. The story then turns to the 'matrix' between Constantinople and a new council in Ferrara when Cusanus received a ship-board gift from the 'Father of Lights' and began to write his great philosophical/theological treatises. When taken together the essays in this book not only form a cohesive whole, they also enlighten aspects often left in the shade, such as the enigmatic aspects of Cusanus' participation in the council, and his mystical theology that reveals a man of faith in search of certainty beyond the well-trod paths of philosophical reflection.
H. Lawrence Bond (1936 - 2009) was Professor of History Emeritus at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, U.S.A.; Gerald Christianson is Central Pennsylvania Synod Professor of Church History, Emeritus, at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, U.S.A.
