The Metaphysics of the Incarnation Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus [Paperback]

The period from Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus is one of the richest in the history of Christian theology. Cross aims to provide a thorough examination of the doctrine in this era, making explicit its philosophical and theological foundations.

Introduction. The philosophical problem: substance and nature
1.Part I. Models for the hypostatic unionThe historical and philosophical background
2. The concrete whole-concrete part model:pro et contra
3. The substance-accident model: (1) Franciscans from Bonaventure to William of Ware
4. The substance-accident model: (2) Giles of Rome and his opponents
5. The substance-accident model: (3) Duns Scotus
Excursus 1Consequences of the Union
6.Part II. Trinitarian IssuesSome points of Christological consensus
7. Theratio terminandi: essence or personal property?
8.Part III. The communication of propertiesChristological predication
9. Relations and intrinsic properties
10. Christ's human activity: agency and predication
Excursus 2Counting persons and natures
11.Part IV. Theories of subsistenceThe historical background
12. Esse theories of subsistence
13. Relation theories of subsistence
14. Negation theories of subsistence: (1) The thirteenth century
15. Negation theories of subsistence: (2) Duns Scotus
ConclusionA programme for Christology

One can only admire the erudition and clarity of argument thatThe Metaphysics of the Incarnationoffers. It is by far the most thorough and engaging treament of the subject to date and will surely remain so for years to come. --J.L.A.West, St. Jerome's University

This volume has been published at a moment when there is increasing scholarly interest, especially in the United States and England, in various aspects of medieval christology. One can hardly imagine a finer volume ls.