The first two volumes of Henry of Ghent's Summa were published
in 1991, edited by Dr. R. Macken, and in 1994, edited by Dr. G.A.
Wilson. Now a third volume has been published, containing the
articles 41-46, dealing with the goodness and perfection of God,
His totality (totalitas) and infiniteness, His will and love. In
1277 a polemic began between the theological and philosophical
faculties of the University of paris. In this polemic Magister
Henry of Ghent (+1293) defended the position that knowledge of God
could only be achieved by linking the divine concept to the
biblical Neo-Platonic and the Aristotelian-cum-Averroean
traditions. He found answers to every question posed by the
philosophers and guided theologians through the philosophical
labyrinth.
His work is definitely on a level with the penetrating questions
Thomas Aquinas asked in his Summa. The history of the texts written
by the scholastics presents the double aspect of the university
tradition and frequent text revisions. The copied texts were
corrupted as a result of frequent emendations. A computer text
editing programme (Critical Edition Typesetter) helps us te
reestablish both emendations and corruptions (including emendations
resulting in further corruptions). The list of variant readings
should not only show the textual corruptions, but should also
highlight the textual criticism of the scholastics which caused
particular texts to become recognized as the standard.
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