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He Quietly Gave Away a Chair That Rewired Christianity
A sixty-something Franciscan rides through winter France carrying an invisible decision: what would you have done?
He Quietly Gave Away a Chair That Rewired Christianity
In this episode, we follow Alexander of Hales as he returns to Paris after the First Council of Lyon, tracing a quiet administrative choice that shifted theological teaching for centuries. How did one classroom decision - and the texts he chose - ripple outward through intellectual history?
Person: Alexander of Hales
Date: 21 August 1245 (death); winter 1245 (transfer)
Location: Paris; rode through France after the First…
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