What did Latin Averroists teach about the eternity of the world?

Latin Averroists, a group of medieval philosophers who drew inspiration from the works of Averroës, taught that the eternity of the world was a rationally demonstrated truth.12

Led by figures such as Siger de Brabant, these thinkers prioritized the Aristotelian system and human reason over theological considerations. By asserting that the world is eternal, they presented a doctrine that contradicted the Christian faith, which holds that the world was created by God. This stance, along with other teachings like the oneness of the intellect, led to accusations that the Averroists held a "double-truth" theory—maintaining that a proposition could be true according to reason even if it was false according to faith.1234

These teachings were highly controversial and were ultimately condemned by ecclesiastical authorities, such as the bishop of Paris in 1277, who sought to curb the influence of this rationalist and naturalist trend on Christian doctrine.24