Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Bradwardine: Forgotten Medieval Augustinian
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 04:58PM
Embryo Parson in Church of England, English Reformation, Grace, Historical Theology, Justification By Faith, Predestination and Free Will

Great 3-part article on Bradwardine and his theology

I'm currently reading Heiko Oberman's book on Bradwardine.  In it, he argues that Wyclif mentions Bradwardine in his writings as having been a recognized teacher of theology, but it's not clear how much of Bradwardine's theology in its specifics was imbibed by Wyclif. It was Gregory of Rimini, another high Augustinian who disagreed with some of the aspects of Bradwardine's theology, who influenced Luther. So, Oberman concludes that because there's no clear evidence of transmission from Bradwardine through Wyclif or to Luther, he can't be rightly called "pre-Reformational." However, his work was part of the high Augustinian brew in the late Middle Ages that influenced these early Reformers.  Roman Catholic theologian George Tavard called sola fide the end result of the "Augustinian trajectory" in the West, and believes that the Augustinian Martin Luther deserves to be named a Doctor of the Catholic Church.

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