Some later medieval theories of the eucharist: Thomas Aquinas, Gilles of Rome, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham

How can the Body and Blood of Christ, without ever leaving heaven, come to bereally present on eucharistic altars where the bread and wine still seem to be? Marilyn McCord Adams examines how this question and its answer ('transubstantiation') engaged thirteenth and fourteenth century philosophical theologians. INDICE: Prologue; Introduction; 1: Aristotelian Preliminaries; I: Why Sacraments?; 2: What, Why, and Wherefore; 3: Sacramental Causality: 'Effecting What They Figure!'; II: The Metaphysics and Physics of Real Presence; 4: Explaining the Presence, Identifying the Change: Aquinas and Giles of Rome; 5: DunsScotus on Placement Problems; 6: Duns Scotus on Two Types of Transsubstantiation; 7: Remodelling with Ockham; 8: Accidents without Substance: Aquinas and Gilles of Rome; 9: Independent Accidents: Scotus and Ockham; 10: Theology Provoking Philosophy; III: What Sort of Union?; 11: Eucharistic Eating and Drinking; 12: Sacraments, Why Ceasing?; Post-Script; List of Numbered Propositions; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959105-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés