title: Hervaeus Natalis and his polemics with the early scotists about formalities and formal distinction in God
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metadata.value: Vdovina, Galina V.
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metadata.value: 2020-12-01T12:24:58Z
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metadata.value: 2020-12-01T12:24:58Z
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metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.value: Vdovina G.V. Hervaeus Natalis and his polemics with the early scotists about formalities and formal distinction in God. Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 409– 418.
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metadata.value: http://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.302
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/21128
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article is devoted to Hervaeus Natalis, also known as Hervaeus drom Nedellec,
  who was an outstanding theologian at the end of 13th — beginning of 14th centuries
  (c. 1260–1323). Brief biographical information about Hervaeus is provided and his
  importance for medieval thought is emphasized. The subject matter of the article is
  the consideration of a formal difference, or formal distinction in God. The introduction of this concept is usually associated with the name of Duns Scotus, and there is
  every reason for this: although Duns was not the inventor of formal distinction as
  such, it was he who put it at the heart of his trinitarian theology. The concept of formal
  difference is inextricably linked to the concept of formalities, which in this context
  mean those ontological subunits in a concrete single essence between which there is
  a formal difference. The basic impetus to the introduction of both concepts was the
  necessity for rational expression of distinction between common divine nature and
  those relations by which Persons are constituted (relations of fatherhood, sonship,
  etc.), and also between different divine attributes. The task was, on the one hand, not
  to destroy the absolute real unity in God, and, on the other hand, to explain certain
  differences that exist in him before any act of intellect, even divine intellect. Therefore,
  the notion of formality as a correlate “from the nature of the thing”, which corresponds to any attribute or relation, is conceivable in a separate concept.
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metadata.value: The article was written with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
  (RFBR), project number 20-011-00439: “Concept and reality. Theological foundations of medieval ontology.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hervaeus Natalis
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: scholasticism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trinitarian theology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: formality
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: formal distinction
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: unity and identity
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: divine simplicity
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Hervaeus Natalis and his polemics with the early scotists about formalities and formal distinction in God
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