The Nature of Theology According to Marsilius of Inghen

Marsilius of Inghen’s Prologue to his Commentary on the Sentences diffusely analyses the nature of theology. The crucial part of his considerations deals with the problem of theology’s theoretical or practical character. Marsilius follows generally Thomas Aquinas’ thesis claiming that theology is theoretical as well as practical but at the same time it is more theoretical than practical. Marsilius’ argumentation adopts many elements of John Buridan’s conception of practical science worked out in his Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics.