ARNALDO DE VILANOVA E A DOUTRINA SOBRE A REFORMA DA IGREJA (SÉCULOS XIII-XIV)

Abstract

This Master's Thesis aims to analyze the Catalan doctrine, Arnaldo de Vilanova (1240- 1311) on the reform of the Medieval Church, in addition to understanding the contributions of the writings of Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), the Holy Scriptures and the narrative of the Calabrian Abbot, Joaquim de Fiore (1135-1202) to the Arnaldian conception. The Catalan was a physicist of prestige, he took care of the health of kings and popes, besides collaborating for the development of Medieval Medicine when translating written for the Latin of Arab authors, such as: Avicenna (980-1037), Galeno (120-200 d . W). This character, despite being recognized in the clinical field, also wrote several religious works that impacted on Christianity in that period, including, supported by the Patristic of St. Augustine (AD 354-40), strongly criticized the Thomistic philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274). In order to assimilate his proposal for the transformation of the ecclesiastical institution, some texts were selected: Discourse on the Tetragrammaton (1292), Confession of Barcelona (1305), Lesson of Narbonne (1305-1308), Treaty of Charity (1308), Reasoning of Avignon 1310). In the research, the intention was to elucidate in what form this questioning of the Christian Church, as well as to verify how Arnaldo de Vilanova used the works of other authors, as well as the biblical narrative to support his spiritual project. In this work, the research methodology used was the internal and external criticism of the Catalan documents. Thus, in this study it was verified that the proposal of Arnaldo de Vilanova was based on a reformulation of the clerical corpus, mainly of the Dominicans, "false doctors"; since there would be a religious renewal with the end of the corrupt Church, a new spiritual order being born, which would preach the virtue of charity, of humility. The physicist remained a conservative of Christian doctrine and believed to be in a prophetic-apocalyptic mission, in other words, it was necessary to save mankind before the coming of Antichrist. In this sense, although maintaining a vision of trust in the Church and respect for her and not for the Dominicans, some of her works were judged as heretical in the Court of Tarragona in 1316.