'Christus qui mentiri non potest': John Wyclif's Rejection of Transubtantiation
John Wyclif’s rejection of the doctrine of transubstantiation has received a considerable amount of attention over the last six centuries. To this day scholars continue to reflect upon it, offering a variety of perspectives on Wyclif’s rationale. This study specifically considers the question in con...
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Language: | English |
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1999
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Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
Year: 1999, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 316-334 |
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Summary: | John Wyclif’s rejection of the doctrine of transubstantiation has received a considerable amount of attention over the last six centuries. To this day scholars continue to reflect upon it, offering a variety of perspectives on Wyclif’s rationale. This study specifically considers the question in connection with Wyclif’s opposition to the more radical element in the fourteenth-century schools. Vehemently opposed to the reckless application of logical-grammatical methods which had led some to question of the truth of biblical propositions, Wyclif would insist that within Scripture there exist no contradictions; its veracity can never be doubted. And most importantly, Christ himself is truthful; he cannot lie. Hence, when Christ spoke the words «Hoc est corpus meum», he was not positing a deception. \n4207 \n4207 |
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ISSN: | 1783-1717 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.66.2.530069 |