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@_bonaventurian scotist theologian before becoming pope

Pope Sixtus IV: created the Vatican Library, was one of the first Popes to promote the Immaculate Conception, established the Inquisitions in Spain, commissioned the construction of the Sistine Chapel, and canonised St. Bonaventure.

@NathanH02907868 Probably Peter Auriol, though Thomas Sutton is pretty good as well.

@ViaScoti I look forward to this. Who do you think gives the best critique of the formal distinction? Does anyone interact with it in Reformed Scholasticism? I have seen Turretin, Baxter, and van Mastricht indirectly touch on it but no substantial interaction.

New book of Scotus studies published: "John Duns Scotus and his Parisian Interlocutors" brill.com/display/title/…

One artist who should better known is Jessie Bayes (1876-1970). Born in London to a family of artists, she belonged to the Morris-inspired Arts & Crafts movement and designed font panels, stained-glass windows & illustrated manuscripts, such as “To the Night & the Cloud.” (1/4)

I'm all finished painting the illuminated King Arthur book! There's one week left before the drawing; join our lore-crafting club with the Arthuriad between now and then and get entered to win this hand-written illuminated manuscript! tamburnmanor.com/arthuriad

A beautiful harp to serenade the start of the week . . . 🎶🎶 This intricate initial introduces the first Psalm in our MS 1—a Bible produced in the 13th century. (@NewCollegeOx, MS 1, f. 178v) #ManuscriptMonday #Psalm #Medieval #MedievalTwitter

“A degree in medieval history won’t help you understand current events” they said

This was written nearly 125 years ago and we've fallen so much farther since then. Absolute pain. The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen, for those interested.

The beautiful old road from Dunwich to Walberswick in Suffolk💚 Birdsong, peacock butterflies and the scent of blackthorn blossom in the air & stitchwort and ground ivy coming into flower along the verges🤍

@reformed_TJ @JackBridgesRZ where did Muller go wrong?

@JackBridgesRZ Retrieval needs to better understanding Scotism, Suarism and nominalism so we can properly identify the Reformed positions relative to them. There are too many tropes (e.g. nominalism = modernism = bad) and misunderstandings (e.g. Muller on univocity) out there at the moment.

Friendly reminder to all involved in the discussion on thomism: Scholasticism and metaphysics are neither unique to Thomas nor modeled off Thomas, and when we see a Reformed individual follows the scholastic method we shouldn’t call that “seeing Thomas’s method in them”

@Broonpot @BeingScots He died in 1308.

@BeingScots I've heard say that Duns Scotus, Franciscan thinker, philospher & theologian, may have been a primary author of the declaration.

On this day in 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath was drawn up by the monks of Arbroath Abbey. It was a letter from Scottish nobles to the Pope, affirming their determination to maintain Scotland's independence. This 1876 statue of Robert the Bruce is next to Stirling Castle.

When Ratzinger decided to rip out 2/3 of his Habilitationsschrift so that he could submit the final third, he became the definition of "the best thesis is the completed thesis."

National Pet Day in Middle-earth: The Dark Truth Behind Queen Berúthiel’s Cats 🐾 Not every “pet” in Middle-earth was a companion, and nothing shows that more than the cats of Queen Berúthiel. Berúthiel, the wife of King Tarannon Falastur (the twelfth King of Gondor), lived in the King’s house in Osgiliath—but she was completely out of place there. She hated the sea, despite Gondor’s seafaring culture, and rejected everything tied to status or beauty. She wore only black and silver, avoided all ornament, and lived alone in bare, empty chambers. Her only companions were nine black cats and one white cat—and even calling them companions doesn’t feel right. She enslaved them and used them as spies, sending them through the city to uncover secrets. They would return to her, and somehow, she could understand them. Even more unsettling, the white cat spied on the others, reporting back to her so that none were ever beyond her control. Tolkien makes it clear that she tormented them. Over time, she became feared and hated, and eventually King Tarannon had enough. He set her on a ship with her cats and sent it drifting into the sea before a north wind, and she was never seen again. Beyond that, Tolkien has never elaborated more on the further happenings of Queen Berúthiel and her menagerie of cats. This remains one of the darkest and most unsettling glimpses in Middle-earth, and it’s a reminder that even on something like National Pet Day, not every story about “pets” is a happy one. Art by Steamey 🎨 #lordoftherings #nationalpetday

The fields of the Castilian plains begin to bleed around this time of year.

Appropriate for the season, I saw this wonderful manuscript from the Cistercian convent at Medingen this morning, made for the nuns' provost, here opened at the Regina Caeli. @bodleianlibs Latin Liturg. e 18, f. 57v-58r.

For German-speaking readers: In 2003, the Rev. Prof. Thomas Marschler presented a comprehensive study on the Resurrection/Ascension of Christ as themes of scholastic theology in the 12th and 13th centuries. The study devotes special attention to the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

@ChristopherHale @janecoaston sounds totally made up

It’s wild. “In January, behind closed doors at the Pentagon, Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre — Pope Leo XIV’s then-ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture. “America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side. “As tempers rose, one U.S. official reached for a fourteenth-century weapon and invoked the Avignon Papacy, the period when the French Crown used military force to bend the bishop of Rome to its will.” thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon…

wait someone went full Avignon???

The subtleties of this scene can only be grasped on re-read. The horn is made as the line of Ruling Stewards begins; it breaks as the line ends. As Denethor lifts the horn, he lays down his rod. And Pippin presents him a sword of the North Kingdom whence comes the rightful King.

@FeserEdward So far, they have been bridges used by the military: x.com/sentdefender/s…

These are war crimes. Dear U.S. Catholic bishops, politicians, and opinion makers, if you all spoke out loudly en masse, you might just possibly deter the president from committing this evil against the Iranian people and staining the honor of our country. Please do your duty! @USCCB

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