Cur homo?: A History of the Thesis of Man as a Replacement for Fallen Angels [Paperback]

Examining, outlining, elucidating, and supplementing the existing body of scholarship concerning the medieval theological supposition that man was created as a replacement for fallen angels,Cur Homo?traces the implications of the question from the first century of the common era to the present day.
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First introduced by St. Augustine and developed by other church fathers, the concept truly flourished in the twelfth century, when it was decided that man is an original being, created for its own sake, for whom God created the world. Vojtech Novotn? goes on to trace the idea as it gradually faded over the centuries and, more recently, has been revived in the fields of modern philosophical thought.

Vojtech Novotn?is assistant professor of dogmatic theology at Charles University, Prague.

Introduction
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I. Origins: the church fathers
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1. Sources
2. Augustine of Hippo
3. Before Augustine
4. Between Augustine and Gregory
5. Gregory the Great
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II. Consolidation: the early middle ages
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1. Eph 1:10
2. Luke 15:8-10
3. Luke 2:14
4. Mark 16:1-7
5. Rev 11:13
6. The Missal
7. Canon law
8. The tithe
9. The number of the saved
10. Other references
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III. Crisis: the eleventh and twelfth centuries
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1. Anselm of Canterbury
2. The school of Laon
3. Rupert of Deutz
4. Honorius of Autun
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IV. Decline: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
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1. Authors from the monastic tradition
2. Hugh of St. Victor
3.Summa sententiarum
4. Alcher of Clairvaux
5. Peter Lombard
6. The influence of LombardsSententiae
7. Albert the Great
8. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
9. Thomas Aquinas
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Conclusion
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Resume
Bibliography
1. Abbreviations
2. Electronic sources
3. Primary sources
4. Secondary literature
Index of proper names

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