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The papal bull condemning Meister Eckhart
With an introduction and notes by Ellopos
Eckhart is the greatest theologian of the West, a saint, father and ascetic beyond Augustine, which means that normally he should set the standards of theology in the West, instead of being accused and condemned. ... His marginalization was the strongest sign of the previous corruption of papacy which defined also the corruption to come. In the brief notes that discuss the bull's articles, we also have an indirect glance at the ‘logic’ of the Pope, the ‘logic’ that divided Christianity first into Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and then divided the Catholic Church to the hundreds of Protestant fragments, bringing Europe to the mess that it is today and since long ago... Read Complete »