Durandus a Saint-Pourcain 1270 - 1334 AD Born in Auvergne, France, Durandus was a Dominican friar who wrote influential books on philosphy and theology. He also lectured theology at Avignon when the Pope resided there. He became successively bishop of Limoux, Le Puy and Meaux. Durandus disagreed from Thomas Aquinas on the function of reason in philosophy and theology. Why women cannot be ...

Durandus de Saint-Pourcain Does God act immediately in every action of a creature 1. Concerning the third principal point two questions are posed. The first is whether God acts immediately in every action of a creature. The second is whether it is appropriate for God to act for the sake of an end. As for the first question, it is argued on behalf of the affirmative answer that God does indeed ...