Dominikankontinuiteterna
Dominikankontinuiteterna is a term used in Swedish-language scholarship to describe the persistence and transmission of Dominican practices, institutions, and ideas across historical periods. It denotes a framework for examining how organizational structures, intellectual life, and devotional customs endure amid political, cultural, and social change within the Dominican tradition and its wider Catholic sphere.
The concept covers institutional continuity (monastic houses, formation programs, governance), intellectual continuity (scholastic methods, theology, philosophy,
In practice, Dominikankontinuiteterna is used to compare how Dominican communities maintain practices while adapting to local
Critics argue that the focus on continuity can obscure periods of disruption and reform; supporters view it
See also: Dominicans; religious orders; medieval scholasticism; ecclesiastical history.