ABSTRACT
God is thenceforth known not primarily through beneficent divine operations and a corresponding transformation of the human knower by the desire for the Good. The definitively anti-theological consequences of Scotus's erasure of analogy are drawn only by his successors, who eliminate contemplation of the divine. The dissociation between the divine gift of his revealed-but not understood-Name and the human concepts that can be rationally elaborated and metaphysically contemplated, yet without theurgical efficacy or communication with divinity itself, is the fateful legacy of Duns Scotus. Human words were naturally understood as reflections or as sparks animated by the divine Word or Logos. Desire for the good belongs exclusively to the jurisdiction of the will and communicates with the divine only through commands supposedly known by revelation. In an attempt to forge an alternative, Henri de Lubac developed a theology based on the natural desire for the supernatural.
