IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1121: Olivi Has Fallen: The Reception of Olivian Doctrines in the Early 14th Century
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures (IRCUM), Universitat de Barcelona / 'Medieval Heresy & Dissent Research' Network, University of Nottingham |
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| Organisers: | Delfi-Isabel Nieto-Isabel, Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona Justine Trombley, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of Toronto, Downtown |
| Moderator/Chair: | David Zbíral, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno |
| Paper 1121-a | On Private Brothels, Two Antichrists, and the Spear that Pierced Christ: Transmission and Distortion of Olivian Beliefs among the Laity (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
| Paper 1121-b | Apocalyptic Hope and Olivi's Martyrs (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1121-c | 'The perverse doctrine of Brother Peter of John': Disseminating the Condemnation of Olivi's Lectura super apocalipsim (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Abstract | Peter of John Olivi was one of the most controversial theologians of the 13th century. Repeatedly censured throughout his life, he died in 1298 after completing what would become his most influential and problematic work, the Lectura super apocalipsim. In less than a year, the Lectura was on the one hand condemned by the Franciscan General Chapter and on the other translated into the vernacular and circulated by his lay supporters, who saw Brother Peter of John as an uncanonized saint. This session will trace the journey followed by Olivian teachings from their dissemination among the laity to their final condemnation by the Pope, leaving in its wake a trail of devotion, prophecy, and death by fire. |