Disputation Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In the scholastic system of education of the middle ages, disputations (in Latin: disputationes, singular: disputatio) offered a formalised method of debate designed to uncover and establish "truths" in theology and in other sciences. Fixed rules concerning dependence on traditional written authorities and involving the thorough understanding of each argument governed the process.
Inter-faith disputations
One especially significant class of disputations took place between Christian and Jewish theologians to try to convince Jews to convert. (Christians believed that only the refusal of the Jews to accept Christ stood in the way of the Second Coming.)
- 1240 Disputation of Paris involved interrogation of the Talmud, followed by confiscations and burnings of scores of Talmuds in the streets of Paris.
- 1263 Disputation of Barcelona before King James of Aragon: between the monk Pablo Christiani and Rabbi Moses ben Nachman.
- 1413 Disputation of Tortosa, Spain, staged by the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII.
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