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book one. distinctions 4 - 10

fourth distinction. first part. on the predication of otherness in divine generation

single question. whether this proposition is true ‘god generates another god’

fourth distinction. second part. on the predication of the name of god in the divine persons

single question. whether this proposition is true ‘god is father and son and holy spirit’

I. to the question

II. to the principal argument

appendix. [ reportatio IC d.4 q.1] fourth distinction. first part.

single question

second part. single question

fifth distinction. first part. on the generation of the divine essence

single question. whether the divine essence generates is or generated

I. to the question

a. opinion of abbot joachim against peter lombard

b. against the opinion of abbott joachim

C. for the opinion of peter lombard

II. to the principal arguments

fifth distinction. second part. on the generation of the son

single question. whether the son is generated from the substance of the father

I. the opinion of others

II. scotus’ own response to the question

a. the son is not generated from the substance of the father as from matter or quasimatter

b. the son is truly from the substance of the father

C. how relation and essence can exist in the same person

III. to the arguments of the opinion of others

IV. to the arguments

sixth distinction

single question. whether god the father generated god the son by will

I. to the question

a. how the father generates the son willingly

b. how the father does not generate the son by will as by productive principle

II. to the principal arguments

seventh distinction

question 1. whether the power of generating in the father is something absolute or a property of the father

I. the opinions of others

a. first opinion

b. second opinion

II. to the question

a. on the distinction of powers

b. the father’s power of generating is something absolute

C. to the form of the question

III. to the arguments

a. to the principal arguments

b. to the arguments against the first opinion

question 2. whether there can be several sons in divine reality

I. the opinions of others

II. to the question

eighth distinction. first part. on the simplicity of god

question one. whether god is supremely simple

I. to the question

a. proof of the simplicity of god through particular middle terms

b. proof of the simplicity of god through common middle terms

II. to the principal arguments

question two. whether any creature is simple

I. to the question

a. the opinion of others

b. scotus’ own opinion

II. to the arguments

question three. whether along with the divine simplicity stands the fact that god, or anything formally said of god, is in a genus

I. first opinion

a. exposition of the opinion

b. reasons against the opinion

C. to the arguments for the opinion

II. second opinion

III. scotus’ own opinion

a. proof of the first part of the opinion

b. proof of the second part of the opinion

1. by the reasons of augustine and avicenna

2. by what is proper to god

3. statement and refutation of some people’s proof

IV. to the arguments for the second opinion

V. to the principal arguments

question four. whether along with the divine simplicity can stand a distinction of essential perfections preceding the act of the intellect

I. the opinions of others

a. first opinion

b. second opinion

II. to the question

III. to the principal argument

appendix. [ reportatio IC d.8 p.1 q.3] eighth distinction. first part.

question three

eighth distinction. second part. on the immutability of god

single question. whether only god is immutable

I. god is simply immutable

II. nothing else besides god has immutability

a. of the intention of the philosophers

1. the opinion of henry of ghent

2. scotus’ own opinion

b. reasons for and against the true intention of the philosophers

1. reasons on behalf of this intention

2. reasons against this intention

C. scotus’ own opinion

III. to the arguments

a. to the principal argument

b. to the reasons for the intention of the philosophers

ninth distinction

single question. whether the generation of the son in divine reality is eternal

I. solution of the question

II. to the principal arguments

tenth distinction.

single question. whether the holy spirit is produced through the act and mode of the will

I. solution of the question

II. doubts

a. response of henry [of ghent] to the two first doubts

b. against the response of henry

C. scotus’ own response

III. to the principal arguments

appendix. scotus’ extended annotation to n.41

[from the cambridge reportatio ]

appendix. distinction 3 from the commentary on the sentences by antonius andreas

[contents]

question one. whether god can be naturally known by the intellect of the wayfarer

question two. whether god is the first thing naturally known by the wayfarer

response to questions one and two

question three. whether god is the sufficient object of our intellect

to the question

question four. whether some sound and certain truth can be known by the intellect of the wayfarer without special illumination from the uncreated light

to the question.

henry of ghent’s answer

andreas’ own answer

question five. whether a trace or footprint of the trinity is found in all creatures

to the question

to the arguments

question six. whether in intellectual nature taken properly there is memory properly, that is an intellect possessing an intelligible species naturally prior to the act of understanding

to the question

to the arguments

question seven. whether the intellective part of the soul taken properly, or some part of it, is the whole cause, or the whole principle of generating, which generates actual knowledge

to the question

question eight. whether the more principal cause of generated knowledge is the object in itself or present in the species or the intellective part of the soul

to the arguments

question nine. whether the image of the trinity exists in the mind distinctly

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