Theology at Paris, 1316-1345

Chris Schabel presents a detailed analysis of the radical solution given by the Franciscan Peter Auriol to the problem of reconciling divine foreknowledge with the contingency of the future, and of contemporary reactions to it. Auriol''s solution appeared to many of his contemporaries to deny God''s knowledge of the future altogether, and so it provoked intense and long-lasting controversy; Schab...