Lentorama 2007: The Non-Canonized Catholic Person of the Day

Today we look at Stephen Tempier, the bishop of Paris who, in 1277, published a list of 219 condemnations, philosophical and theological ideas and theories that were not to be taught at the University of Paris due to their deviation from Church orthodoxy. He'd previously published 13 other condemnations, and several more would be issued from the University of Paris in the coming century.

From what (admittedly little) I've read on this, it's hard to tell how much of this was Tempier's idea and how much it was influenced by Rome. Most of what I've read paints this as an important event for philosophy moreso than religion, given its impact on the development of philosophy as an independent field of study.

In any case, click here for a much better discussion of the event than I can give.