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The Johanninc Commentary of Friar Thomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

James A. Weisheipl
James A. Weisheipl
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Professor of the history of medieval science in theUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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In 1894 Heinrich Denifle showed conclusively that the official textbook of masters in theology in the medieval university was the Bible. At one time historians commonly assumed that masters in theology lectured on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, a most subtle and thought-provoking book. There are so many medieval commentaries on the Sentences, both published and unpublished, and so many great masters did in fact comment on the Sentences that it was easy enough to assume that this was the set text for masters in the universities. Today there can be no doubt. Normally only bachelors lectured on the Sentences before being promoted to the rank of master. Once the young man became a master in sacred theology, he was not allowed to lecture on the Lombard. His task was to lecture on the sacred scriptures, and his official title was magister in sacra pagina, Master of the Sacred Page.

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Church History , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , June 1976 , pp. 185 - 195
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1976

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