Druki z zakresu teologii systematycznej wytłoczone w oficynach polskich do połowy XVI wieku

Abstract

In the earliest period of printing in Poland (ab. 1475-1550) only nine books on systematic theology were published (two of these had two editions). Against the total of 500 theological prints in that period, the number is indeed small. Demand for such books had dwindled. The Renaissance and the Reformation forced theologians to search for a new theological method. Books based on the scholastic method were not suited for anti-Protestant polemic, furthermore, the humanistic trend in theology was very strong in Poland. Scholastic theology was gradually giving way to the new approach. However, that is not to say that the scholastics easily accepted the defeat. This is evidenced by the works of systematic theology under discussion here. They were not numerous, but they represented the major directions of scholasticism: Anselmianism, Thomism, Scotism, 13th century Augustianianism. Particularly noteworthy is the Scharfenbergs' decision to print Peter Lombard's Sentences. It also has to be added that many philosophical works included long theological passages.