Hervaeus Natalis

Hervaeus Natalis de Brito (or also: de Nedellec, Nédélec, Nédélek, Noël; first name also: Arveus, Erveus, Hervé) (* around 1260 in the diocese of Tréguier ; † August 7, 1323 in Narbonne ) was a French Dominican and a representative of the Thomistic scholasticism .

Natalis joined the Dominican Order in Morlaix in 1276 . After a stay at the Paris convent of St. Jacques (1302 to 1307) on theological studies, he taught at various study conventions in the French provinces , but probably also in Paris (until around 1310). From 1305 he was Provincial of his Order for France and in 1317 became Vice General. In the following year, 1318, he was unanimously elected general superior of the general order. He died on August 7, 1323 in the convent of Narbonne.

Natali's theology is a continuation of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas . Some scriptures can hardly be assigned to him or Thomas with certainty. His main topics are the doctrine of original sin , the problem of incarnation , the scientific position of theology, the relationship between church and state , the hierarchy within the church with the powers of the incarnation , as well as the sacraments . Natalis is credited with developing the concept of so-called immaterial matter , which became the starting point for angelology in Thomism .

The relationships with his contemporaries in Paris Eckhart von Hochheim and Duns Scotus are still largely unexplored. Natali's theological counterpart is Durandus of St. Pourçain (the doctor modernus ). In 1314 he was chairman of a commission condemning Durandu's teaching. In addition, Natalis also intervened in the Templar trials .

literature

• Leonore Bazinek:  Natalis, Hervaeus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 468-474.
• Ludwig Hödl : The basic questions of the doctrine of the sacraments according to Herveus Natalis OP (Munich Theological Studies, Syst. Dept. 10). Munich: Zink 1956
• Theo Kobusch : Adaequatio rei et intellectus. The Explanation of the Correspondence Theory of Truth in the Post Thomas Aquinas. , in: Markus Enders , Jan Szaif: The history of the philosophical concept of truth. de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-017754-1 , p. 149 (157-160) (theory of truth by Hervaeus Natalis)
• Georg Koridze: Intentional foundation of philosophical logic: Studies on the intentionality of thinking in Hervaeus Natalis in the treatise "De secundis intentionibus". Dissertation. University of Tübingen, 2005 ( online )
• Dominik Perler : Intentional and real existence: a late medieval controversy , in: Philosophisches Jahrbuch 102 (1995), 261-278

Web links

• Literature by and about Hervaeus Natalis in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Hervaeus Natalis  in the German Digital Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Berengarius de Landora	Order general of the Dominicans 1318–1323	Barnaba Cagnoli