Peter of John Olivi and other Medieval Texts

This edition of a masterpiece of genuine scholastic Logic was published in 1955. It contains the critical editions of two 13th century manuscripts written by the Englishman Magister Walter Burleigh containing his systemic work on Logic. Burleigh was a Friar Minor and medieval philosopher, b. in 1275 and d. in 1337. He was preceptor to Edward, Prince of Wales, who afterward ascended the throne as Edward III in 1327. At Oxford he was the school-fellow of William of Occam, both being disciples of Duns Scotus. He taught at Paris for some time and was known as the Plain and Perspicuous Doctor (Doctor planus et perspicuus). Burleigh figured prominently in the dispute concerning the nature of universals.

ISBN 1-57659-057-7
EAN 978-1-57659-057-7
264 pages
Tradepaper
1955

$12.95

Latin Text

ISBN 1-57659-056-9
EAN 978-1-57659-056-0
111 Pages
1955

Reprint of the 1520 Edition

ISBN 1-57659-050-X
EAN 978-1-57659-050-8
1953

Reprint of the 1520 Edition

ISBN 1-57659-049-6
EAN 978-1-57659-049-2
1953

The effort to disassociate the Mother of Christ from the tragedy of Eden has root in the earliest tradition of Christianity. Yet the extent of that disassociation has caused much discussion among scholars. The theological debate was partially settled by the dogmatic pronouncement embodied in the Bull Ineffabilis Deus of 1854. Still some disputed aspects of the doctrine concerning Mary's Immaculate Conception were untouched by papal definition, thus leaving the matter open to further discussion by theologians. One of these disputed aspects concerns the so-called debitum peccati in Our Lady. The object of this work is to study the genesis of the spirited debate between deitists and anti-dietists regarding the Immaculate Conception.

ISBN 1-57659-026-7
EAN 978-1-57659-026-3
260 pages
Tradepaper
1978

$14.95

Petrus Thomae taught and wrote in the first half of the fourteenth century. He belonged to the first group of Formalists, as the proponents of the formal distinction immediately after Scotus were called. Apparently, he was an outstanding light, even though at present he is so little known. The study in this book is presented in three major parts. Part I investigates Peter's teaching on the nature and kinds of identity. Part II takes up the nature and kinds of distinction. Part III concludes with a study of the distinction of the categories. Because the Spanish Franciscan Friar Petrus Thomae (died about 1350) was an immediate disciple of John Duns Scotus, it is natural that his doctrine reflects the teaching of the master and contributes to its better understanding. The important place which the formal distinction occupies in the system of Scotus is well known. Petrus Thomae composed an extensive work entitled De Formalitatibus, in which he explains and defends this much-criticized Scotistic position.

ISBN 1-57659-102-6
EAN 978-1-57659-102-4
186 pages
Tradepaper
1959

$9.95 Sold As Is

John de la Rochelle – Eleven Marian Sermons

This volume contains John de la Rochelle’s Marian sermons which contain specific treatment of Marian doctrine and includes four sermons on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, four sermons on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one sermon on the Annunciation, one on the Purification and one on the Nativity of the Lord.

ISBN 1-57659-054-2
EAN 978-1-57659-054-6
103 Pages
Tradepaper
1961

$14.95

Adam de Wodeham († 1358), a Franciscan philosopher and theologian, was the most brilliant disciple of William of Ockham († 1347), and a competent and reliable interpreter of the teaching of his master. The publication of his previously unedited work is a sequel and complement to the edition of William of Ockham’s Opera Philosophica et Theologica.

In the prologue Wodeham questions what evidence is accessible to us in the present life. The first three questions of Distinction 1 deal with the nature of science generally, and specifically with theology as a science.
Only after a significant discussion concerning these questions does Wodeham proceed to fruition and beatific vision, the subjects with which most authors begin Distinction 1. From the end of volume I, through the Distinctiones in volumes II and III, Wodeham follows the order of Peter Lombard’s Sentences.

This set includes:

Volume I
Prologus et distinctio 1
edited by Rega Wood.

Volume II
Distinctiones 2-7
edited by (†) Gedeon Gál, OFM.

Volume III
Distinctiones 8-26
edited by Rega Wood.

Each volume $75.00; special price for three-volume set = $169.95

The work compiled by Marcus of Orvieto is titled Liber de Moralitatibus. It falls into the category of exempla literature, in this case, a sourcebook for preachers. Marcus follows a strategy of giving physical descriptions of an item followed by its spiritual significance bolstered by scripture quotes and examples. Marcus uses the
work of his Confrere Bartholomew of England’s De proprietatibus rerum and fills his text with simple comparisons, analogies and similes intended to help the preacher’s audience remember the spiritual meaning to be found in the world around them.

Marcus of Orvieto is firmly fixed in the tradition of Bonaventure, for whom wisdom was eminently superior to knowledge, citing him frequently, particularly from the Legenda maior, and also from the Commentary on Luke. In the Middle Ages, sermons constituted important cultural events in the daily and weekly lives of what was in Western Europe a largely Christian population. Thus, by providing a “handbook” for preachers, Marcus
provided a valuable service to the cultural milieu of his time. Edited by Girard J. Etzkorn
Volume I
2005: 525 p.
Hc 978-1-57659-135-2 $75.00
Volume II
2005: 498 p.
Hc 978-1-57659-136-9 $75.00
Volume III
2005: 395 p.
Hc 978-1-57659-137-6 $75.00

This volume deals with friars, especially the Franciscans and Dominicans, in their writing and preaching about Jews and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

2004: 316 p.
Hc 978-1-00411-398-3
$50.00

A well-documented history of the poverty controversy as told by Nicolaus Minorita, this volume is a “source book” which offers scholars a large collection of fundamental and authentic documents as well as a history of the events surrounding the controversy during the papacy of John XXII. Latin documentation.

ISBN 1-57659-118-2
EAN 978-1-57659-118-2
1238 pages
Hard Cover
1996

$85.00

The Logica should be regarded, not as an innovation, but rather as a mosaic of the treasury of logic known at the time. The contents, expressions, generalizations, diction and phrasing are all particular to the period and special to the rigid form of expression employed in texts concerning logic.

ISBN 1-57659-053-4
EAN 978-1-57659-053-9
162 Pages
Tradepaper
1961

The theory of reference, sometimes called supposition, is an explanation of the ways in which words refer to objects in function of certain linguisitc signs. Paul of Venice maintains a threefold division: Material Reference, Simple Reference, and Personal Reference, all of which are identified.

ISBN 1-57659-052-6
EAN 978-1-57659-052-2
Tradepaper
121 Pages
1971

Peter Aureoli, a Franciscan Friar from Aquitania, lectured on the Sentences of Peter Lombard both in Toulouse and Paris, was elected Provincial of Aquitania and consecrated Bishop of Aix by John XXII. The Scriptum is a monumental work, which the author dedicated to his friend and protector John XXII. The present edition is based on the copy written for the Pope.
1956: 1053 p. (Sold As Is)

ISBN 1-57659-119-0
EAN 978-1-57659-119-0
Tradepaper
1956
$23.00

Peter Olivi studies history through scripture, insisting that the full course of history can be read in the revelation of the book. Latin Text with English Notes.

ISBN 1-57659-144-1
EAN 978-1-57659-144-4
735 pages
Tradepaper
2007

Peter Olivi sets out to study the beginnings and the progress (exitus et processus) of the early church in his commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. He adds that, just as the Book of Kings and the Chronicles help us understand the prophets, so does the book of Acts help us understand Paul’s epistles and the “canonical” letters. In accord with his biblical theology, Peter Olivi gave more attention to the historical books of the Bible than did the other scholastics. The result is his commentary on Pentecost, the church of Antioch, the council of Jerusalem and Paul’s visit to Athens and trip to Rome. Latin text.

ISBN 1-57659-174-3
EAN 978-1-57659-174-1
500 pages
Tradepaper
2000

Peter Olivi read scripture to discover what God was doing in history. It was then possible to say what Franciscans should be doing. We see Peter Olivi at work on Scripture in the writings edited in this book. The book contains editions of Olivi’s principia on the study of Scripture and his commentaries on Isaiah and I Corinthians. With English summaries.

ISBN 1-57659-128-X
EAN 978-1-57659-128-4
431 pages
Tradepaper
1997

Peter of John Olivi – Commentary on Gospel of Mark:
Robert J. Karris, O.F.M., presents for the first time in English a translation of Peter of John Olivi’s brief treatment on the Gospel of Mark. Olivi (1248-1298), a Provencal Franciscan, wrote this commentary on Mark following longer commentaries on the gospels of John and Matthew which provided background to his commentary on Mark. Karris’s introduction and commentary are valuable to understanding Olivi’s work on Scripture as Karris invites the reader to observe Olivi in his thirteenth classroom. Karris provides a close and successful look at the exegetical work of an outstanding Scripture scholar of the Middle Ages.

ISBN 1-57659-234-0
EAN 978-1-57659-234-2
112 pages
Tradepaper
2011

Peter of John Olivi (1248 - March 14, 1298) was a Franciscan theologian who, although he died professing the faith of the Catholic Church, became a controversial figure in the arguments surrounding poverty at the beginning of the fourteenth century. In large part, this was due to his view that the Franciscan vow of poverty also entailed usus pauper (i.e., ‘poor’ or ‘restricted’ use of goods); while contemporary Franciscans generally agreed that usus pauper was important to the Franciscan way of life, they disagreed that it was part of their
vow of poverty. His support of the extreme view of ecclesiastical poverty played a part in the ideology of the groups coming to be known as the Spiritual Franciscans or Fraticelli.

The Franciscan Institute has published critical editions of his commentaries on Acts, Genesis, and Isaiah: Peter of John Olivi on The Acts of the Apostles, 2001, and Peter of John Olivi on Genesis, 2007. Peter of John Olivi on the Bible, 1997, contains, besides his commentary on Isaiah, five principia on Scripture. A principium explained how the commentator of a text was going to go about his task. On the Bible contains as well the beginning of his commentary on I Corinthians, cut short by his death. His final words: “...no human being in his biological condition, especially with his padded and passing (evanescens et inflatus) science, is able to ascend in any way at all to the superintellectual and ecstatic contemplation of what God has prepared for those who love him, save focused on and lead by and absorbed into the Spirit of Christ.”

This set includes:

Peter of John Olivi on the Acts of the
Apostles
Edited by David Flood, OFM

Peter of John Olivi on the Bible
Edited by David Flood, OFM and
(†) Gedeon Gal, OFM

Peter of John Olivi on Genesis
Edited by David Flood, OFM

Peter of John Olivi - Commentary on the Gospel of Mark
Translation, Introduction and Commentary by Robert Karris, OFM

The Spanish Franciscan and early Scotist, Petrus Thomae, was born c. 1280 and died c. 1350. He worked mainly, if not exclusively, in Barcelona. He was a follower and admirer of John Duns Scotus. Whether he studied under Scotus in Paris or under Peter Aureoli in Toulouse has been a matter of academic dispute. Critical Latin Edition.

ISBN 1-57659-055-0
EAN 978-1-57659-055-3
242 Pages
Tradepaper
1957