What were the scholastics really trying to do?
In this video, we explore the medieval theologians known as the schoolmen—men like Anselm, Peter Lombard, and Thomas Aquinas—who sought to think carefully about the relationship between faith and reason.
Were they simply overly academic, or did they help the church clarify its doctrine in important ways?
We’ll answer three key questions:
Who were the scholastics?
What was scholasticism?
And how should we think about them today?
Our aim is to learn from the past so that we may better serve the church in the present.
