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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Translated Texts
The Tractoria of Prudentius of Troyes (d. 861)
Julian of Toledo on the World to Come
I am elated about the forthcoming translation of Julian of Toledo’s Prognosticum Futuri Saeculi (Foreknowledge of the World to Come) by Tommaso Stancati.
Julian of Toledo (d. 690), a seventh-century Spanish bishop, was the first theologian to compile a systematic treatise on Christian eschatology. Drawing upon the wisdom of the fathers,...
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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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