Robert Holcot
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Robert Holcot 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. Holcot was still being read in the sixteenth century, when the Parisian theologian Jacques Almain
wrote a work engaging Holcot's opinions.
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
scholastic philosopher, theologian and influential Biblical scholar. He was born in Holcot
Holcot
Holcot is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 399 people....
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
. A follower of William of Ockham
William of Ockham
William of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of...
, he was nicknamed the Doctor firmus et indefatigabilis.
His commentary on the Book of Wisdom
Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom, often referred to simply as Wisdom or the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon, is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It is one of the seven Sapiential or wisdom books of the Septuagint Old Testament, which includes Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon ,...
(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. Holcot was still being read in the sixteenth century, when the Parisian theologian Jacques Almain
Jacques Almain
Jacques Almain was a prominent professor of theology at the University of Paris when he died at an early age. Born in the diocese of Sens, he studied Arts at the Collège de Montaigu of the University of Paris. He served as Rector of the university in 1507.-Life:Beginning in 1508, Jacques Almain...
wrote a work engaging Holcot's opinions.
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 StudiesPontifical Institute of Mediaeval StudiesThe Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages....
, 1983. - Paolo Molteni, Roberto Holcot, O.P.: Dottrina della Grazia e della Giustificazione, Pinerolo: Alzani, 1968.
- Heiko Oberman, The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel BielGabriel BielGabriel Biel was a German scholastic philosopher and member of the Brethren of the Common Life born in Speyer. In 1432 he was ordained to the priesthood and entered Heidelberg University. He succeeded academically and became an instructor in the faculty of the arts.- Life :His studies were pursued...
and Late Medieval NominalismNominalismNominalism is a metaphysical view in philosophy according to which general or abstract terms and predicates exist, while universals or abstract objects, which are sometimes thought to correspond to these terms, do not exist. Thus, there are at least two main versions of nominalism...
, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001.