Robert Holcot
Robert Holcot[1] (c.1290-1349) was an English Dominican scholastic philosopher, theologian and influential Biblical scholar. He was born in Holcot, Northamptonshire. A follower of William of Ockham, he was nicknamed the Doctor firmus et indefatigabilis.
His commentary on the Book of Wisdom (Lectiones super librum Sapientiae) was widely known in the fourteenth century, and later, when after printing in 1480 it went through many editions. It has been identified as a prime literary source for Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale[2]. Holcot was still being read in the sixteenth century, when the Parisian theologian Jacques Almain wrote a work engaging Holcot's opinions.
References
- Heiko Oberman, Facientibus quod in se est Deus non denegat Gratiam: Robert Holcot, O.P. and the Beginnings of Luther's Theology, Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1962), pp. 317-342
Notes
- ^ Holgot, Holkot, Holcott, Robertus or Ropertus, Robertus Haldecotus
- ^ See [1] and references given there.
Further reading
- Fritz Hoffman, Die Theologische Methode des Oxforder Dominikanerlehrers Robert Holcot, Münster: Aschendorff, 1972.
- Robert Holcot, Exploring the Boundaries of Reason: Three Questions on the Nature of God, edited by Hester Goodenough Gelber, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1983.
- Paolo Molteni, Roberto Holcot, O.P.: Dottrina della Grazia e della Giustificazione, Pinerolo: Alzani, 1968.
- Heiko Oberman, The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001.
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