William Curti
Cardinal William Curti was an official of the Catholic Church who was involved in religious and academic censure at the University of Paris, in the late 14th century. He is best remembered as the cardinal who presided at the trial of Nicholas of Autrecourt.[1] The trial concerned the suspect views of Nicholas of Autrecourt pertaining to the immortality of the soul.[2]
The positive philosophy of Nicholas of Autrecourt conflicted with some points of Catholic theology.[3] The report of the inquiry is most often referred to as The Articles of Cardinal Curti. On 19 May 1346, Nicholas of Autrecourt was sentenced to burn his writings in Paris, France.[4]
References
- Back to citation Censure and Heresy at the University of Paris, 1200 - 1400, J.M.M.H. Thijssen, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998, pg. 153.
- Back to citation The Founding of the Jesuits, 1540, Michael Foss, Volume 1969, Part 2, pg. 26.
- Back to citation A History of Philosophy, Volume 3, Frederick Coppleston, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003, pg. 146.
- Back to citation Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions, Arthur Hyman and James Jerome Walsh, Hackett Publishing, 1983, pg. 705.