VIII Secolo (700-800) Flashcards
Christendom
loss of geo-political entities, Charlemagne creates a Christian Kingdom
Bede’s nickname
Doctor Admirabilis, last western Father
Bede’s Biblical works
De tabernaculo et vasis eius, De schematibus et tropis
Arab invasions halted
(718) Constantinople, (732) Poiters, 751 Talas
St. Giovanni Damasceno
Philosophical Introduction, History of Heresies, De Fide Orthodoxa, Homilies
De Fide Orthodoxa
1.) on God 2.) On Creation, World, Providence 3.) On Christ 4.) On Soteriology
Bede, 4 senses of Scripture
Historical, Allegorical, Moral, Anagogical
Wrote about Trinitarian Processions, Natural knowledge of God
Damasceno
Taught at Palatine school, organized courses according to Trivium, Quadrivium
Alcuin of York
Spanish Adoptionism (preached by Felice du Urgel, refuted by Alcuin)
Heresy that Jesus is adopted–was actually a response to another heresy involving all 3 persons of the trinity.
Rerum Natura
Bede’s encyclopedia
Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
Bede’s history beginning with G. Cesare
Saw the importance of culture, even though he himself was not cultured
Charlemagne
8th Century
“End of the Patristics”
What came after the Reign of the Franks?
Holy Roman Empire
