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“…Synod accepted De Witt's formulation as a way of preserving unity in university and Church, and preventing damaging rifts, 3 even though Hoornbeeck, and many others, saw that the placard's apparent subordination of philosophy to theology was only superficial and that the essential point was the separation, and therefore freeing, of philosophy from its tutelage to theology.”

“edict, adopted in October, proclaimed that philosophy and theology each had their proper sphere, and should be kept separate, but that where unavoidable overlap occurred, and apparent disparity between theological and philosophical truth arose, philosophy professors must defer to the theologians and refrain from interpreting Scripture contentiously according to their principles. The South Holland Synod accepted”

Weekend grind complete. Saturday was big but Sunday was only around 60 pages.

Right before my weekend push.

Extremely interesting so far. I've already learned a good amount, especially about the dukes of burgundy which caused me to go into a deep rabbit hole on the hundred years war and then English history. Excited to learn about a time period I'm not well knowledgeable in.

Chapter 7