Scholasticism was the peak of Catholic Theology but in the long term, stunted its growth and potential by becoming dogma.
That's patently false
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>>25465807I'm not going to listen to an American talk about Catholicism.
>>25465895Suit yourself, Paco.
>>25465895Also McIntyre isn't American, retard.
>>25465646>stunted its growth and potential by becoming dogma.Scholasticism didnt become dogma.It also didn't stunt the growth and potential of theology, lol
>>25465895If this is your initial reaction then you have to read it. You will be surprised.
>>25465646you got it the other way around... it was probably the most useless theological movement, yet it gave freedom and sustained to all the alternative currents in catholicism, from the XIV. century, until the torch was passed on to the jesuits in the XVII. centurypic not related :3
>>25465646It solidified book-fetishism and the search for new knowledge, as Dominicans were the ones interested in Muslim intellectuals, both original and recoveries of Greek texts.But theology? To quote a witty remark (probably protestant): "theology is for those who don't believe"
>>25465646It was the seed of the enlightenment which later brought about its downfall thoughbeit.
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