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- Peter Lombard upheld the use of reason in interpreting dogma, while deferring to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, thereby guaranteeing a place for philosophy in the study of theology. His emphasis on the teachings of St. Augustine over those of the Greek Fathers of the Church influenced the development of Christian theology in Europe.
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The Sentences, together with the earlier work of Gratian, were the chief source from which medieval scholars and theologians drew their knowledge of the Fathers of the Church, and consequently had a powerful influence on the formation of Western theology.
Nov 3, 2022 · This article will qualify that characterisation, highlighting the inter-dependent relationship medieval thinkers often associated with theology and philosophy, which respectively considered the nature of God and things other than God, which nonetheless find their source and purpose in him.
Jan 13, 2019 · This essay examines the theological concept of a habitus, the problems it was intended to solve, and how it was developed by masters of Paris in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. I argue that Peter Lombard and Peter of Poitiers embraced the broad...
- Bonnie Kent
- bkent@uci.edu
- 2018
Abstract. The chapter begins with a discussion on the place of medieval Christian thinker Peter Lombard in the intellectual history of Christianity. Lombard was born between 1095 and 1100 in the region of Novara in Lombardy and died in 1160 as a bishop of Paris. He was the author of a celebrated work entitled the Book of Sentences.
Jun 5, 2012 · Similarly, Peter’s Sentences are an invitation to students of theology to engage in theology, and draw on important theological authorities to solve theological issues. The main goal of The Sentences is therefore to draw students into the theological discipline, and pass on skills necessary to pass sound theological judgements when confronted ...
Although critical of Abelard on many doctrinal positions, Peter Lombard was thoroughly influenced by his method of contrasting authorities and arguments, interpreting their meaning, analyzing words, and drawing conclusions.
Sep 14, 2022 · The two set texts in the university theology faculties were the Bible and a work written circa 1155 by Peter the Lombard, the Sentences, where he set out systematically all the problematic questions in theology and proposed solutions, quoting extensively from Augustine (Evans and Rosemann 2002–14).
