Christianity, as well as some other religions, claims the universal nature of its religious teachings, which can be a source of conflict between members of different religions and can put to the test every religious institution and every individual. Already in the Middle Ages, we can observe attempts to justify the peaceful coexistence of Christianity with other religions, as evidenced by the ancient parable of the ring and the tree sons. While less usual in the tradition of Christian theology, the philosophers and theologians Peter Abelard (1079–1142) and Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) authored two surprisingly similar dialogues: namely Collationes (also known by the alternative title Dialogus inter philosophum, iudaeum et christianum) and De pace fidei. In the dissertation entitled Peter Abelard and Nicholas of Cusa on the Possibilities of a Concord among Religions, the author discusses the European and Christian tradition from which Peter Abelard and Nicholas of Cusa originated, their recognition and implementation of the principles of discussion and persuasion without violence and their vision of a concord between religions, which opens new possibilities for peace and cooperation to every society.
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