The topic of the paper is the role of assensus, and consequently of divine and human will, in Walter Chatton’s theory of prophecy (Reportatio super Sententias I, dd. 39-41). Starting from the question “how God knows the future contingents?”, the first step will be to consider Chatton’s analysis of Scotus’s voluntarism in the light of the concept of divine assensus, meaning as a model for the prophet’s will and, more generally, for the human wills. The paper will then focus on the role of assensus in the act whereby which a truth is being revealed to the prophet; it is described as a sort of “induced” assent, where the will is bypassed and so, paradoxically, “unwilling”. Finally, the role of the will returns to be crucial on a third level, namely the viator’s assent to the prophetic statements, where assensus makes freedom of will possible, consistent with the divine foreknowledge, avoiding the danger of deterministic consequences.

La volontà sospesa. Assensus e profezie nella Reportatio super Sententias di Walter Chatton

Roberto Limonta
2024-01-01

Abstract

The topic of the paper is the role of assensus, and consequently of divine and human will, in Walter Chatton’s theory of prophecy (Reportatio super Sententias I, dd. 39-41). Starting from the question “how God knows the future contingents?”, the first step will be to consider Chatton’s analysis of Scotus’s voluntarism in the light of the concept of divine assensus, meaning as a model for the prophet’s will and, more generally, for the human wills. The paper will then focus on the role of assensus in the act whereby which a truth is being revealed to the prophet; it is described as a sort of “induced” assent, where the will is bypassed and so, paradoxically, “unwilling”. Finally, the role of the will returns to be crucial on a third level, namely the viator’s assent to the prophetic statements, where assensus makes freedom of will possible, consistent with the divine foreknowledge, avoiding the danger of deterministic consequences.
2024
El tema de este artículo es el del assensus, y en consecuencia de la voluntad divina y humana, en la teoría de la profecía de Walter Chatton (Reportatio super Sententias I, dd. 39-41). Partiendo de la pregunta “¿cómo conoce Dios las contingencias futuras?”, el primer paso será considerar el análisis que Chatton hace del voluntarismo de Escoto a la luz del concepto de assensus divino, entendido como modelo de la voluntad profética y humana. El trabajo se centrará en el papel del asentimiento en el acto por el que se revela una verdad al profeta: se describe como una especie de asentimiento “inducido”, en el que la voluntad es eludida y, por tanto, paradójicamente, “no voluntaria”. Por último, el papel de la voluntad vuelve a ser crucial en un tercer nivel, a saber, en el asentimiento del caminante a los enunciados proféticos, donde hace posible la libertad de la voluntad, coherente con la presciencia divina y evitando sus consecuencias deterministas.
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