John Duns Scotus on the nature of saving faith

C. 1266 – 1308 · SCHOLASTIC

STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°

STANCE

Assent to revealed truth, made saving by love

THE POSITION

Faith formed by charity — the medieval account, on which unformed faith is real assent but does not justify until charity informs it.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONNo quotations. Scotus died in 1308 and the Latin is public domain, but the usable English translations are modern and in copyright, so these positions are paraphrased from standard scholarly accounts rather than reproduced.

1 OTHER HOLD THIS

Aquinas

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Franciscan, the Subtle Doctor. Argued for the univocity of being and for a will free in its own right rather than moved by the intellect's judgment — the point where the Franciscan schools part from Aquinas.

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