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The article is full of misinformations and grave errors. I have not time to correct them all, but clearly it need a thorough revision by someone who at least knows what "nominalism" and "realism" means.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.49.115.156 (talk • contribs) 14 January 2012
East does not hold Immaculate Conception to be heresy
I edited out a comment that said that the East regards the Immaculate Conception to be heresy. There is no controlling authority that has declared the Immaculate Conception a heresy, and such a label is deeply confusing. It would be better to say that such terminology is alien to the Eastern Churches:
The Eastern Churches hold that the Blessed Virgin Mary was without the guilt of sin. Never having defined original sin along the lines of St. Augustine, whose sainthood is recognized in the East, but whose writings were largely unknown in the East for many centuries, however, they also do not recognize the guiltlessness of Mary as something which distinguishes her from the rest of humanity. Augustine taught that all mankind shares in the guilt of original sin; In the East, this teaching is neither considered heretical, but neither is it recognized as a premise on which to base further syllogisms.
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The claim that Duns Scotus 'is considered one of the four most important Christian philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages, together with Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and William of Ockham' is based on a misreading of the cited source (the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
The Wiki article says these are the big four of the 'later medieval period', but it misunderstands what that means to the authors of the Stanford Encyclopedia. The Stanford Encyclopedia includes a clear periodization: its 'later medieval period' means the period after Abelard and the emergence of the universities in the 12th century. The heading for this section in the Stanford Encyclopedia is literally 'The Thirteenth Century and Later'. Further, the link in the Wiki article to 'High Middle Ages' defines it as from 1000 - 1300; this would exclude all of Ockham's work. So the Stanford article is not referring to the 'High Middle Ages' at all; it is referring to the period after the 12th century, which includes the last century of the High Middle Ages and the first century of the Late Middle Ages.
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Should a section in “theology” be added for his work on the understanding of the Absolute Primacy of Christ as he is well known for this, along with the Immaculate Conception ~2026-15398-07 (talk) 00:13, 11 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Done – agree whole-heartedly so I un-truncated the quote and reproduced the actual sentiment of it Remsense 🌈 论 21:48, 25 August 2025 (UTC)