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Dunce caps, and ecclesiastical reform

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Nov 08, 2022
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Dunce caps, and ecclesiastical reform

Hey everybody,

This is JD Flynn, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post.

Today is the feast of Bl. John Duns Scotus, the 13th-14th century Franciscan friar remembered as the “Doctor subtilis,” or “subtle doctor,” for his nuanced and insightful mind.

Scotus was a priest, a brilliant philosopher, and, as John Paul II remembered him, “the minstrel of the …

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