Henry of Ghent

"This volume continues Professor Roland Teske's translation of a series of important questions from Henry of Ghent's Summa of Ordinary Questions (Summa quaestionum ordinarium). It contains the Latin text of questions 25 through 30 (which treat God's unity and simplicity), a close English translation, a philosophical introduction, and notes identifying all of Henry's sources. Moreover, there is a glossary of Henry's often complex technical terminology."--BOOK JACKET.

"This book presents an introduction and English translation of articles 31 & 32 from Henry of Ghents Summa of Ordinary Questions, mainly on Gods eternity and the divine attributes in general." -- Publisher's description.

The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent. The text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution to Henry. If it is the case that the text is by Henry, it shows that Henry had much more technical knowledge of logic and semantics than is often imagined. In the critical study which precedes the critical edition it is shown that the text was influenced by the logical works of Peter of Spain.

The three articles from Henry of Ghent's Summa of Ordinary Questions translated in this volume are the first that deal with the Trinity. They follow upon Henry's treatment of the divine attributes in articles forty-one to fifty-two. Article fifty-three asks ten questions about the sense in which a person exists in God, and article fifty-four asks ten questions about the emanations or processions of one divine person from another, while article fifty-five asks six questions about the properties or notions of the divine persons. Henry explains that he will firstly deal with the persons in general in articles fifty-three and fifty-four and then with the properties or notions of the persons in article fifty-five. Article fifty-three discusses the manner of the being of persons in God and article fifty-four is concerned with the manner of one person's emanating from another.