"Et hoc dicit frater Thomas" : Thomas Aquinas as an intriguing Source of Durand of Saint-Pourçain

In 1313, the Chapter of Metz designated Thomism as the official and most authoritative doctrine, while rejecting divergent views. Durand of Saint-­Pourçain was accused of being contra doctrinam communem, and his anti-­Thomistic theories were condemned in two lists of errors (1314, 1316). Such theories were deemed dangerous to the doctrinal unity that legitimized the Dominican intellectual autonomy. Joseph Koch, the first scholar to focus on the issues surrounding Durand's works, posited that Thomism (or Anti-­Thomism) provides a valid criterion for distinguishing between three different versions of Durand's Sentences Commentary: the first redaction is characterized by strong doctrinal criticism of Thomas Aquinas; the second reflects a moderation of these polemical arguments; and the third returns to the critical position of the first. This poses a crucial question: is it correct and sufficient to consider the doctrinal position towards Thomism as the sole criterion for distinguishing between the three

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