In the mid-ninth century, a wandering monk named Gottschalk of Orbais (d. 868) sparked a controversy over divine predestination that shook both church and state in central Europe. But was Gottschalk the maverick that he is often made out to be? What did the church teach about grace and divine predestination in the century before Gottschalk? Through examination of the… Read more →
The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation” was recently published by Medieval Institute Publications at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Designed as a supplementary text for classroom use in medieval studies programs, and part of a medieval biblical commentary series, The Seven Seals contains fifteen translations of portions of Apocalypse commentaries from 500 to 1500 AD, showing… Read more →
I have recently started reading Guido Stucco’s The Colors of Grace: Medieval Kaleidoscopic Views of Grace and Predestination. It picks up where his last book, Not Without Us, left off. I just finished Chapter 2 which gives the views on grace and predestination of historical characters like Pope Gregory, Isidore of Seville, and Pope Hadrian. If the theology of grace… Read more →