Stephen Langton, Quaestiones Theologiae: Liber III Volume 2 - (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi) (Hardcover)

About the Book

The volume contains a critical edition of 26 questions (no.75-97, 204, 217-218, 222), mostly concerning the concept of charity or love (caritas). It is part of the Quaestiones Theologiae corpus, the chief speculative work of Stephen Langton, later Archbishop of Canterbury, preceded by an extensive study of Langton's theories of love and fear.

Book Synopsis

Stephen Langton (+ 1228), later Archbishop of Canterbury, was a prominent master of theology, belonging to the first generation of scholars working at the faculty of theology of the nascent University of Paris. The Quaestiones Theologiae constitute his chief speculative work. Book III, Volume 2, offers a critical edition of 26 disputed questions on virtues. Each question is accompanied by a critical apparatus and source notes. This edition is preceded by an extensive analysis of Langton's theories of love and fear. Most of the questions in this volume revolve around Langton's concept of charity or love (caritas), understood as a gratuitous virtue, which is the foundation of moral perfection, merit, and salvation.

About the Author

Magdalena Bieniak is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw. She has published on a number of early-scholastic authors, such as Stephen Langton, Hugh of St-Cher, and Gilbert of Poitiers, as well as on Socinians.

Marcin Trepczyński is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. He has published on scholastic authors, especially on Robert Grosseteste, Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, mostly focusing on logical and methodological aspects of theological discourse. He has been working on Stephen Langton's Quaestiones since 2012.

Wojciech Wciórka is Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw. His research focuses on twelfth-century logic, its philosophical aspects, and its interface with theology.