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Bernard and Peter Abelard:Two Contrasting Theological Models

In my last chapter, I presented the main features of twelfth-century monastic theology and scholastic theology which, in a certain sense, we might call respectively “theology of the heart” and “theology of reason.” Among the exponents of both these theological currents, a broad and at times heated discussion developed, symbolically represented by the controversy between St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard…

Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI

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