Robert Cowton

Robert Cowton was a Franciscan theologian active at the University of Oxford early in the fourteenth century. He was a follower of Henry of Ghent, [Antonie Vos, "The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus" (2006), p. 50.] and in the Augustinian tradition. [Alister E. McGrath, "The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation" (2003), p. 84.] He was familiar with the doctrines of Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas, and attempted a synthesis of themJ. I. Catto, "Theologians 1220-1320" in "The History of the University of Oxford" (1984), p. 512.] .

He entered the Franciscan Order before age 13. [William J. Courtenay, "Adam Wodeham: An Introduction to His Life and Writings" (1978), p. 46.] He presented a commentary on the "Sentences" of Peter Lombard around 1310 [ M. J. F. M. Hoenen, "Marsilius of Inghen: Divine Knowledge in Late Medieval Thought" (1993), p. 179.] . Later, in an abbreviated form, this became a standard textbook of theology. The work was criticised by Thomas Sutton [Hoenen, p. 46.] .

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References

*B. Hechich (1958), "De Immaculata Conceptione Beatae Mariae Virginis secundum Thomas de Sutton O.P. et Robertus Cowton O.F.M."
*Hermann Theissing (1970), "Glaube und Theologie bei Robert Cowton OFM"

External links

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