Gerson, Jean De(1363–1429)
Jean de Gerson was one of the most influential French intellectuals of the early fifteenth century. He studied under Pierre d'Ailly and received his doctorate ...
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The French clergyman John Gerson (1363-1429) was a leader of the Conciliar movement. He is known for his efforts in ending the Great Schism.John Gerson was born Jean Charlier at Gerson on Dec. 13, 136...
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Jean Gerson is a figure of contradictions: at once a shrewd politician and a convinced mystic, a radical reformer and a conservative theologian, a university chancellor and a poet as well as a preache...
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In following excerpt, Oberman investigates the apparent influence of two contradictory theological schools on Gerson's thought.
1. Gerson's Attitude Toward Thomism and Nominalism
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In the following essay, Ozment argues that Gerson's programs for reform of the University of Paris and the Church are part of a consistent strain of his thought.
This essay will explore the ...
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In the following essay, Pascoe explores how Gerson's views on ecclesiastical reform are rooted in the reformation of the individual.
All ecclesiastical reform must, in the final analysis, te...
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In following essay, Pascoe emphasizes the importance of the concept of hierarchical order in Gerson's writings, arguing that it links several aspects of his thought.
Within the past ten year...
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In following essay, Pascoe discusses Gerson's ideas concerning the “primitive Church,” the Church in its earliest days, which held a central place in his teachings on Church refor...
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In the essay that follows, Pascoe examines Gerson's views of the early Church, particularly regarding the enormous changes brought about the Donation of Constantine, a document long believed le...
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In the following excerpt, Ozment sketches out the main lines of Gerson's thought.
By the end of the fourteenth century, when scholasticism had run its course as a creative movement and its e...
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In the essay that follows, Caiger discusses how Gerson's views of teaching shifted over time, from an emphasis on “how one may be confident that what is taught is true” to “...
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In following essay, Burrows focuses on how Gerson's theological theories changed after the Council of Constance, especially as reflected in his On the Consolation of Theology.
Few issues hav...
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Gerson, Jean De (1363–1429)
John Gerson
Jean Gerson
Critical Essay by Heiko Augustinus Oberman
