Gary is right, of course, in mentioning Joachim as a 'major player' in
this area. I've considered him peripheral to my main interests until
recently (since I've been concentrating on Johannine commentaries).
But if I have correctly understood what I read in Lerner's article,
there is a fundamental difference between Rupert and Joachim in this
area. Whereas Rupert received what he clearly regarded as inspired
authority to teach at the beginning of his career, on which he relied
for all his later exegesis, Joachim according to Lerner sought
inspiration in response to a specific problem and its solution. That
problem-oriented inspiration seems to be the key element in Lerner's
idea (which is really interesting) of an 'ecstatic dissent' defence
for latter-day Berengars -- that is, that people like Joachim who got
in trouble for their exegesis devised (consciously or not) a defence
based on the claim of inspiratation.
A.
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