Peter Lombard Summary

Peter Lombard PETER LOMBARD (c. 1100–1160), also known as Peter the Lombard, was a Christian theologian and teacher. There is little precise knowledge of Peter Lombard's origin except th... Read more

Peter Lombard(C. 1095–1160) Peter Lombard, the theologian and bishop of Paris, was born at Lumellogno, Lombardy. He was elected bishop in 1159 and died the next year in Paris. Born of a Longoba... Read more

The Italian theologian Peter Lombard (ca. 1095-1160) wrote "The Sentences," a work that became the standard textbook on theology in European universities for 400 years.Peter Lombard was born at Lumell... Read more

In the following excerpt, Brown analyzes Peter of Candia's sermons extolling Lombard as an appropriate personal model for theologians—one who points beyond himself to Christ. The mid-fou... Read more

In the following essay, Colish examines how Lombard differs from his predecessors in his commentary on the Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms was unquestionably the book of the Old Testament most belo... Read more

In the following essay, Colish explains why Lombard's exposition of the Pauline Epistles was the most acclaimed commentary of its kind in the twelfth century. There is no doubt that medieval Ch... Read more