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...
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Peter Lombard [addendum]
Although Father Ignatius C. Brady's entry from the first edition remains authoritative, significant progress has since been made in research on Peter Lombard. Most impo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In the following essay, Potts discusses how medieval philosophers studied the question of conscience, particularly as it was presented in the writings of Lombard and Jerome.
Conscience has been much n...
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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...
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In the following essay, Colish examines the conflicting positions of Lombard and Abelard concerning the relationship between the power of God and the will of God.
This paper has a double inspiration. ...
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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...
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In the following excerpt, Colish provides an overview of Lombard's life and works.
Born ca. 1095/1100 in the Novara region, Peter Lombard entered the historical record in the early 1130s when B...
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Peter Lombard
Peter Lombard [addendum]
Peter Lombard
