Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin

This essay explores the theoretical treatment of leprosy in 13th-century theological discussions on the transmission of the original sin. According to scholastic theologians, both the existence of the original sin and its transmission from parents to progeny were factual truths, whose dynamics could...

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Автор: Cerrito, Amalia
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1712132026-02-06T09:50:44Z Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin Cerrito, Amalia inherited diseases leprosy original sin biblical exegesis natural philosophy medicine thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy This essay explores the theoretical treatment of leprosy in 13th-century theological discussions on the transmission of the original sin. According to scholastic theologians, both the existence of the original sin and its transmission from parents to progeny were factual truths, whose dynamics could be explained by analogy with inherited diseases, such as leprosy. Different uses of natural philosophy and medicine in discussing the transmission of leprosy will be shown in theological and biblical-exegetical works of William of Auvergne, Roland of Cremona, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and Henry of Ghent. Published 2026-02-06T09:50:41Z 2026-02-06T09:50:41Z 2024-12-12 chapter 9788875903183 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171213 eng Quaderni di Noctua image/jpeg application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-7 https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-7 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni Medical and Philosophical Perspectives on Illness and Disease in the Middle Ages E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-7 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-7 9c743178-7a11-43f5-9c4d-07b93e99f80f 06e34257-d26f-4a71-955c-9459468137d7 9788875903183 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 7 187-217 Florence, Parma, Turin open access
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Cerrito, Amalia
Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title_full Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title_fullStr Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title_full_unstemmed Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title_short Leprosy and Inherited Diseases in 13th-Century Discussions on the Original Sin
title_sort leprosy and inherited diseases in 13th century discussions on the original sin
topic inherited diseases
leprosy
original sin
biblical exegesis
natural philosophy
medicine
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
topic_facet inherited diseases
leprosy
original sin
biblical exegesis
natural philosophy
medicine
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