medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Just a final note: I have been continuing to do research on this subject. The
issue of 14th century England was, one may say, predestination but not by that
term. The terms used had to do with the operation of free will and original
sin--from which one can argue for or against predestination. The camps were
the "Saint Augustine followers" and the Semi-Pelagians. In the period just
before Wycliffe and the Lollards, Thomas Bradwardine--a thorough going follower
of Saint Augustine--had significant influence in the church and at court. He
was elected by the monks of Canterbury to be the Archbishop of Canterbury, was
installed, and died a month later. A thorough discussion of the issues is to
be found in the book: BRADWARDINE AND THE PELAGIANS, Gordon Leff, Cambridge,
1957. There are several pages about predestination on page 206 and following.
The bottom line? Just what we have been saying so far--it was controversial and
neither the heretical nor orthodox position was clearly defined in the 14th
century. And with that I'm done. Sorry to have kept this going, but
predestination has a certain facination for us Presbyterians!
V. K. Inman
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