Prudentius of Troyes was one of the bishops in attendance at the Council of Quierzy in 849, which defrocked Gottschalk of Orbais, beat him almost to death, and made him throw his writings into a fire. He also assented to the canons of a council in the mid-850s which was directed against the...
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Theology of Grace
The Tractoria of Prudentius of Troyes (d. 861)
Forthcoming Translation of Gottschalk of Orbais
I am very happy to announce a forthcoming translation of writings by Gottschalk of Orbais, a ninth-century monk who spent twenty years in prison for preaching a view of divine predestination that diverged from the mainstream.
Of his writings, some were lost after his death, and none enjoyed considerable circulation. Two “confessions”...
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Predestination in the Century Before Gottschalk
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...
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