Une rétractation qui ne convainc pas. Guerric de Saint-Quentin et la vision de l’essence divine / An unconvincing retraction. Guerric de Saint-Quentin and the vision of the divine essence

Abstract

The aim of this article is to reassess Guerric's retraction (i.e. the changes he made to the thesis of the vision of God between Quaestio I and Quaestio III) and to provide some considerations that could, perhaps, contribute to a better understanding of how the condemnations of 1241 forced an author to abruptly contradict his own teaching. We want to shed new light on the difficult repositioning of theologians writing before and after the 1241 moment, who were obliged to openly overturn not only what they had upheld, but also many of the patristic authorities who defended the invisibility of the divine essence.

Keywords

• guerric of saint-quentin
• divine essence
• vision
• infinity
• condemnations of 1241