Tommaso prima del tomismo: annotazioni per un'edizione critica della Lectura Thomasina (II libro)

e debate around Thomas Aquinas’ writings between the end of the 13th and the first decades of the 14th century. The Condemnation of 1277 in Paris, the severe censure promoted by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Peckham, and the two versions of the Correctorium fratris Thomae written by the Franciscan master William de la Mare clearly reveal the hard line adopted by the ecclesiastic institutions and the Franciscan school for limiting the teaching and the diffusion of some of Aquinas’ theories. By contrast, the vast majority of the Dominican theologians strived constantly to support and endorse the most discussed and unconventional theses of their master. The four versions of the Correctoria corruptorii and Rambert of Primadizzi’s Apologeticum veritatis certainly represent the most considerable and notorious successful attempt to respond to this great deal of criticism is represented by the set of Commentaries on the Sentences composed by the French Dominican theologians between Aquinas’ death and his canonization. The Lectura Thomasina of William of Peter of Godin († 1326) typifies clearly this transition of Thomas’ thought from the condemnations to the schools. The text, still unpublished, is divided into four books and follows the subdivision in distinc- tiones adopted by any other Commentary on the Sentences. However, the conspicuous number of word-for-word quotations not only from Aquinas’ Super Sententiarum, but also from his Summa Theologiae, Summa contra Gentiles, De aeternitate mundi, Quaestiones de veritate, makes the Lectura an unique case study at the time. In fact, by demonstrating an unrivalled knowledge of Aquinas’ thought, especially when he reconstruct and defend some controversial and debated contents of the philosophy of his master, William does not aim to write a mere collections of Thomas’ dicta, but rather an original teaching compendium. Over the years, the text became a sort of authorized handbook for students, which sometimes replaced the direct lecture of Aquinas’ works.