I was listening to some lectures on the Reformation, and the speaker mentioned a shift toward Nominalism that occurred in Europe during the late medieval period, and that this shift changed the way people did theology.

If anyone has any information on this(hopefully it won't involve me buying a book), that would be great.

United in Christ,
- Andy

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Andrew C.
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Andy, I can probably help you out with this one: what is that would like to know?

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Paul Korte
OPC
Flint, MI

They who perceive in themselves discoveries of the divine goodness, so full and absolutely perfect, and who make them the subject of earnest meditation, will never embrace new doctrines, by which the very grace they feel so powerfully in themselves is thrown into the shade. --John Calvin

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If you do turn to literature (and you should, because this is a fascinating and difficult controversy in the history of philosophy), get this book:

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

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Hey Paul, I would like to know how the move toward Nominalism effected(effected or affected?) the Protestant/Catholic split, if it did.

Also, do you think the Bible supports Nominalism over against other philosophical positions(Realism, Conceptualism)?

Nathan, Thanks for the book suggestion. I've been hearing that book recommended a lot lately. It would be nice to have as a reference, so maybe I'll get it.

EDIT : I found a very in-depth article from the Catholic Encyclopedia about this. Though it doesn't address my questions.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11090c.htm

Alister McGrath discusses this in several of his books. His Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation is particularly good.

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