Schools, Universities, and Scholastic Theology
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS
- Schools organized in Cathedrals by French and northern Italian bishops and archbishops.
- Well-known scholars came to teach as main instructors
- Had formal curriculum based on writings in Latin
- Focused on liberal arts, literature and philosophy
- Students taught to read the Bible, Classical Latin literature, Plato and Aristotle works.
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CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS (CONT.)
- Some schools offered advanced education in law, medicine, and theology.
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UNIVERSITIES
- Students and teachers began organizing academic guilds
- Faculty guild teachers presented academic degrees to students
- Developed from large cathedral schools
- More universities began appearing in various European cities
- Such as: Paris, Naples, Cambridge, Oxford, Bologna
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INFLUENCE OF ARISTOTLE
- Due to increased communication and trade with Byzantine Orthodox and
- Roman Catholic, students acquired more knowledge of Aristotle's thought
- Through Latin translations from Byzantine philosophers.
- Muslim philosophers translated Aristotle's works into Arabic which then the
- Christian and Jewish philosophers retranslated works from Arabic to Latin
SCHOLASTICISM: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
- Aquinas promoted scholastic theologyーUnified Christianity's beliefs and values with Greek philosophy's logic
- Aquinas taught at University of Paris, scholastic theologian; believed there was a cause for everything
- Believed that Aristotle interpreted the world better than any other thinker
- Combined Aristotle's logic with teachings of Christianity to create the most accurate and persuasive
- system of thought. Also believed a person's belief in God did not state them faithful.
