Guido Terreni:Reading Holy Scripture within the Sacred Tradition

Abstract

Guido Terreni was one of the most prolific and important theologians of the Carmelite order in the fourteenth century. A master of  theology at the University of Paris by 1313, he was elected prior general of the Carmelites just a few years later in 1318. Terreni proved to be a staunch advocate of the papacy, especially the policies of Pope John XXII, and he died at Avignon in 1342. The first few  decades of the fourteenth century were tumultuous years as the Church faced the fallout from the Franciscan Spiritualist crisis and the  attacks on ecclesiastical power leveled by Marsilius of Padua. Responding to these and other concerns, Terreni penned a number  of substantial works which covered the nature of heresy, evangelical perfection, canon law, and papal infallibility.