Stephen Langton and Geoffrey of Poitiers on the Natural Power to Believe
Stephen Langton and Geoffrey of Poitiers on the Natural Power to Believe

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the problem of the natural potentiality involved in faith. Stephen Langton and his disciple, Geoffrey of Poitiers, defend the view that the human being has a natural ability to believe, and by believing they intend acts and movements of a meritorious virtue. However, the two thinkers offer different interpretations of this natural ability. This difference makes it possible to ascribe a small group of anonymous questions to Geoffrey rather than to his English master. The article concludes with a critical edition of two theological questions by Geoffrey of Poitiers and Stephen Langton.

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