Prudentius of Troyes

New Books on Eschatology & the Theology of Grace in Christian History

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Happy New Year!  In this post I want to inform our readers of some new books on eschatology and the theology of grace in early and medieval Christian history.  On eschatology, they are: T.C. Schmidt, transl., Hippolytus of Rome:  Commentary on Daniel and ‘Chronicon’ (Georgias Press, 2017). Peter of John Olivi, Commentary on the Apocalypse. Translation, Notes, and Introduction by Warren… Read more →

The Tractoria of Prudentius of Troyes (d. 861)

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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 predestinarian theology of Gottschalk. His Tractoria shows… Read more →