Reportatio IV-A

John Duns Scotus began his Parisian lectures on Peter Lombard’s Sentences during the course of the academic year 1302-1303. He was forced to leave Paris in June of 1303 due to a dispute between King Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII. Although there is still some disagreement as to when Scotus returned to Paris (in the fall of 1303, the spring of 1304, or even later in 1304), there is less disagreement about when he lectured on Book IV of the Sentences.1 He began in the spring of 1303 and completed his lectures on Book IV either in the fall of 1303 or the following spring of 1304.

Oleg V. Bychkov is Professor of Theology at St. Bonaventure University, N.Y. He is an expert in ancient languages, ancient and medieval thought, and history of philosophical and theological aes­thetics. Dr. Bychkov has published several books, co-edited books, volume of translations, and ency­clopedia entries on ancient, medie­val, and modern aesthetics and me­dieval philosophical theology.

R. Trent Pomplun is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. His historical expertise extends from late medie­val to modern thought, with a spe­cial emphasis on the Baroque pe­riod. He has published extensively on the history of scholastic theol­ogy, Catholic missions in Asia, and Indo-Tibetan thought and culture.