Abstract
This chapter looks at the conformity and diversity of the exposition of the commandments along the three lines: working method, individual voice, and variety of genre. One concept important in validating a working method that involved an inclusive piling-up of arguments was the notion of hidden or multiple meanings. It was the heresy of gnosticism to claim that religion required a special knowledge only available to a few initiates. Christianity, on the contrary, declared that understanding and faith were available to all, if they wanted to believe. Yet in spite of the tramlines their working methods and context imposed upon them, medieval theologians, at least, the best of them, do not all sound the same. Their particular interests, approach, and tone of voice are evident to the attentive reader. They could move beyond the flattening effects of medieval theological method and speak with an individual voice.Keywords: Christianity; commandments; Conformity; gnosticism; individual voice; medieval theologians
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