I'm in a medieval church history course and enjoying the various assigned readings. All this material is new to me, I've not really covered the history of this period very much nor the writings. I'd be interested to hear about your favorites.

Two questions:

1. Who is your favorite medieval author/theologian (in general), and why?

2. What is your favorite medieval writing/book/treatise, and why? (Not necessarily written by who you answered for #1, though it may be.)

Two more optional questions I've been thinking about -- perhaps those "in the know" can offer their opinion:

3. What were the strengths of this period regarding the church and her teaching?

4. What were the weaknesses of this period regarding the church and her teaching?

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Casey Bessette
Westminster OPC • West Suburbs of Chicago • My Blog: Paradise Regained

"It is part of the calling of the ekklesia to learn to know the love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge and also to make known within the world of science 'the manifold wisdom of God' in order that the final end of theology, as of all things, may be that the name of the Lord is glorified. Theology and dogmatics, too, exist for the Lord's sake." — Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 1, p. 46