Patron saint of the science of friendship and much more, Saint Albert the Great. San Jose Costa Rica, November 15, 2022 rafaelvilagut@gmail.com.
He was known as Albert of Cologne and Albert of Teutonia, and various laudatory epithets were attached to his name, but Albertus Magnus, ‘Albert the Great', became common only in accounts of him written by the later scholastics.
November 15th St. Albert the Great | The Saint of the Day Podcast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX369yLslAY.
Albert was probably educated principally at the University of Padua, where he received instruction in Aristotle's writings. A late account by Rudolph de Novamagia refers to Albertus' encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who convinced him to enter Holy Orders. In 1223 (or 1229) he became a member of the Dominican Order, and studied theology at Bologna and elsewhere. Selected to fill the position of lecturer at Cologne, Germany, where the Dominicans had a house, he taught for several years there, as well as in Regensburg, Freiburg, Strasbourg, and Hildesheim.
During his first tenure as a lecturer at Cologne, Albert wrote his Summa de Bono after a discussion with Philip the Chancellor concerning the transcendental properties of being. In 1245, Albert became a master of theology under Gueric of Saint-Quentin, the first German Dominican to achieve this distinction. Following this turn of events, Albert was able to teach theology at the University of Paris as a full-time professor, holding the seat of the Chair of Theology at the College of St. James. During this time Thomas Aquinas began to study under Albertus.
Albert was a scientist, philosopher, astrologer, theologian, spiritual writer, ecumenist, and diplomat. Under the auspices of Humbert of Romans, Albert molded the curriculum of studies for all Dominican students, introduced Aristotle to the classroom, and probed the work of Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus.
It was the thirty years of work done by Thomas of Aquinas and himself that allowed for the inclusion of Aristotelian study in the curriculum of Dominican schools.
Albert was beatified in 1622. He was canonized and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI and the patron saint of natural scientists in 1941. St. Albert's feast day is November 15.
He was known as Albert of Cologne and Albert of Teutonia, and various laudatory epithets were attached to his name, but Albertus Magnus, ‘Albert the Great', became common only in accounts of him written by the later scholastics.
November 15th St. Albert the Great | The Saint of the Day Podcast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX369yLslAY.
Albert was probably educated principally at the University of Padua, where he received instruction in Aristotle's writings. A late account by Rudolph de Novamagia refers to Albertus' encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who convinced him to enter Holy Orders. In 1223 (or 1229) he became a member of the Dominican Order, and studied theology at Bologna and elsewhere. Selected to fill the position of lecturer at Cologne, Germany, where the Dominicans had a house, he taught for several years there, as well as in Regensburg, Freiburg, Strasbourg, and Hildesheim.
During his first tenure as a lecturer at Cologne, Albert wrote his Summa de Bono after a discussion with Philip the Chancellor concerning the transcendental properties of being. In 1245, Albert became a master of theology under Gueric of Saint-Quentin, the first German Dominican to achieve this distinction. Following this turn of events, Albert was able to teach theology at the University of Paris as a full-time professor, holding the seat of the Chair of Theology at the College of St. James. During this time Thomas Aquinas began to study under Albertus.
Albert was a scientist, philosopher, astrologer, theologian, spiritual writer, ecumenist, and diplomat. Under the auspices of Humbert of Romans, Albert molded the curriculum of studies for all Dominican students, introduced Aristotle to the classroom, and probed the work of Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus.
It was the thirty years of work done by Thomas of Aquinas and himself that allowed for the inclusion of Aristotelian study in the curriculum of Dominican schools.
Albert was beatified in 1622. He was canonized and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI and the patron saint of natural scientists in 1941. St. Albert's feast day is November 15.
St. Albert the Great (15 November), https://youtu.be/LtLYkyyCM78. Albert's writings collected in 1899 went into thirty-eight volumes. These displayed his prolific habits and encyclopedic knowledge of topics such as logic, theology, botany, geography, astronomy, astrology, mineralogy, alchemy, zoology, physiology, phrenology, justice, law, friendship, and love. He digested, interpreted, and systematized the whole of Aristotle's works, gleaned from the Latin translations and notes of the Arabian commentators, in accordance with Church doctrine. Most modern knowledge of Aristotle was preserved and presented by Albert.
Albert mentions friendship in his work, De Bono, as well as presenting his ideals and morals of friendship at the very beginning of Tractatus II. Later in his life, he published Super Ethica. With his development of friendship throughout his work, it is evident that friendship ideals and morals took relevance as his life went on. Albert comments on Aristotle's view of friendship with a quote from Cicero, who writes, "friendship is nothing other than the harmony between things divine and human, with goodwill and love". Albert agrees with this commentary but he also adds in harmony or agreement. Albert calls this harmony, consensio, itself a certain kind of movement within the human spirit. Albert fully agrees with Aristotle in the sense that friendship is a virtue. Albert relates the inherent metaphysical contentedness between friendship and moral goodness. Albert describes several levels of goodness; the useful (utile), the pleasurable (delectabile), and the authentic or unqualified good (honestum). Then in turn there are three levels of friendship based on each of those levels, namely friendship based on usefulness (amicitia utilis), friendship based on pleasure (amicitia delectabilis), and friendship rooted in unqualified goodness (amicitia honesti; amicitia quae fundatur super honestum).
By MSc Rafael Alberto Magno Vilagut i Vega Martín y Rodríguez en San José de Costa Rica, día de la Ciencia y de la Amistad.
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